Of the 14 La Niñas on record as of 2016, nine immediately followed El Niño years.
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- Say Goodbye to a Historic El Niño and Hello to La Niña (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://www.climate.gov/news-features/blogs/enso/may-2016-el-ni%C3%B1ola-ni%C3%B1a-update-switcheroo (climate.gov)
- https://www.researchgate.net/figure/El-Nino-and-La-Nina-events-since-the-1950s-as-identified-by-the-NCC-CMA-standard_tbl1_329985536 (researchgate.net)
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