{"id":394986,"date":"2026-08-01T20:47:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T20:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/394986\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T20:47:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T20:47:18","slug":"could-super-el-nino-alter-san-antonios-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/394986\/","title":{"rendered":"Could \u2018super\u2019 El Ni\u00f1o alter San Antonio\u2019s weather?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s been a lot of buzz lately about a stronger\u2011than\u2011usual El Ni\u00f1o this fall and winter. But what does that mean for our city?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.saws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Radar-el-nino-1080x1080-1.png\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-37159 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Radar-el-nino-1080x1080-1-768x768.png\" alt=\"radar\" width=\"310\" height=\"310\"  \/><\/a>El Ni\u00f1o happens when the Pacific Ocean is warmer than normal. For Texas, that often brings wetter-than-average fall and winter weather \u2014 and a strong or \u201csuper\u201d El Ni\u00f1o could increase our chances of getting even more rain.<\/p>\n<p>Still, one rainy season won\u2019t erase seven years of drought. Aquifers recharge slowly, and once the wet phase fades, spring and summer can become drier than normal.<\/p>\n<p>No matter what El Ni\u00f1o brings, water conservation is still key. SAWS WaterSaver Coupons make it easy to get ahead of the weather and prepare your landscape accordingly. A WaterSaver landscape is hardy \u2014 and beautiful \u2014 whatever the weather!<\/p>\n<p>Get all the details and apply at <a href=\"http:\/\/GardenStyleSA.com\/fall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">GardenStyleSA.com\/fall<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Remember: drought stage rules are still in place. That means watering with a sprinkler or in-ground irrigation is only allowed between 5-10 a.m. and 9 p.m.-midnight, one day a week on your day.<\/p>\n<p>As always, you can water with a handheld hose any time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s been a lot of buzz lately about a stronger\u2011than\u2011usual El Ni\u00f1o this fall and winter. But what&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":394987,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[112248,91777,93320,2385,82,84,83],"class_list":["post-394986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-drought-restrictions","tag-el-nino","tag-pacific-ocean","tag-rain","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}