What is La Niña?
A periodic cooling of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, often leading to altered global weather patterns such as reduced rainfall in some areas and increased rainfall in others.
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Snow that rises to 8 feet or higher.
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An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.
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