The La Niña following the unusually strong 1997/98 El Niño lasted 33 months and spanned three winters.
Sources
- Say Goodbye to a Historic El Niño and Hello to La Niña (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://public.wmo.int/topics/el-nino-la-nina (public.wmo.int)
- https://climate.ncsu.edu/blog/2022/11/winter-outlook-for-2022-23-la-nina-lives-on/ (climate.ncsu.edu)
- https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/la-nina-times-three-150691/ (science.nasa.gov)
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