El Niño events have long been perceived as a driver for low rainfall in the winter and spring in Hawai’i, creating a six-month wet-season drought. However, a recent study by researchers in the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) revealed the connection between Hawai’i winter rainfall and El Niño is not as straightforward as previously thought.
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Source: Phys.org