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How did La Niña impact the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season?
La Niña decreased rainfall across the region.
La Niña caused global cooling effects.
La Niña causes below-average storm activity.
La Niña contributed to a record number of named storms.
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Only the last statement is correct in this context.
- "La Niña decreased rainfall across the region." — False (overly broad/misleading). La Niña’s rainfall effects are regionally variable; in the Atlantic main development region and U.S. Southeast it can shift rainfall patterns, but it did not broadly “decrease rainfall” in a way that explains the 2020 hurricane season.
- "La Niña caused global cooling effects." — Misleading/mostly false for this question. La Niña tends to produce a modest short‑term downward influence on global average temperatures relative to El Niño, but it is not a long‑term global cooling driver and did not negate the underlying warming trend in 2020.
- "La Niña causes below-average storm activity." — False. In the Atlantic basin La Niña typically reduces vertical wind shear and creates more favorable conditions for tropical cyclone formation, so it is associated with above‑average, not below‑average, activity.
- "La Niña contributed to a record number of named storms." — True. La Niña conditions that developed in 2020 helped reduce wind shear over the tropical Atlantic and, together with very warm Atlantic sea surface temperatures and other factors, contributed to the extremely active (record 30 named storms) 2020 Atlantic hurricane season.
- "La Niña decreased rainfall across the region." — False (overly broad/misleading). La Niña’s rainfall effects are regionally variable; in the Atlantic main development region and U.S. Southeast it can shift rainfall patterns, but it did not broadly “decrease rainfall” in a way that explains the 2020 hurricane season.
- "La Niña caused global cooling effects." — Misleading/mostly false for this question. La Niña tends to produce a modest short‑term downward influence on global average temperatures relative to El Niño, but it is not a long‑term global cooling driver and did not negate the underlying warming trend in 2020.
- "La Niña causes below-average storm activity." — False. In the Atlantic basin La Niña typically reduces vertical wind shear and creates more favorable conditions for tropical cyclone formation, so it is associated with above‑average, not below‑average, activity.
- "La Niña contributed to a record number of named storms." — True. La Niña conditions that developed in 2020 helped reduce wind shear over the tropical Atlantic and, together with very warm Atlantic sea surface temperatures and other factors, contributed to the extremely active (record 30 named storms) 2020 Atlantic hurricane season.
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