How is El Niño affecting the New England ski season?

In New England, warm air has been the autumn rule so far, and an exceptionally dry start to the season has given way to occasional bouts of rain. ... read more

Since the strength of El Niño peaks during the Northern Hemisphere’s fall, winter and early spring, El Niño’s effects on weather also peak during winter. Some of these include droughts across Australia, heavy rain over Peru and a change in the jet stream across North America, which influences the location of the heaviest snow. read more

Whether it was attributable to El Niño, climate change or a combination of both, the net result in the winter of 2015-2016 was a record breaking lack of snowfall. Ironically, the weak season came only a year after many places in southern New England set records of the opposite variety during the blizzard-filled 2014-2015 season. read more

Short answer is that historically NE isn't affected stongly by El Nino / La Nina. Tony Crocker at Your Guide to Snowfall has all the data. read more