Gardening and the El Nino effct

The last few years have been a trying time for gardeners in the central and southern parts of our state. Typically, Texas droughts are busted one of two ways: either through a tropical system or systems from the Gulf or eastern Pacific Ocean, or climatic changes resulting from El Niño.

This year’s El Niño developed during the spring and has helped bring much needed rainfall over our area. 

In the simplest terms, El Niño occurs when eastern trade winds subside over the central and western Pacific Ocean, causing sea surface temperatures to rise in the eastern Pacific, near the coast of South America.