A 'Supersized' El Niño Is Coming, Here’s How It Will Hit UK Weather This Winter

“El Niño is being supersized before our eyes,” said UN secretary general António Guterres.

Parents editor at HuffPost UK

After record-breaking temperatures swept the UK and Europe this year, it’s fair to say next summer will likely be even worse due to a climate phenomenon called El Niño.

The phenomenon develops every few years, and involves the eastern and central equatorial Pacific Ocean becoming hotter than normal, according to Professor Bill McGuire, a professor specialising in climate hazards.

An El Niño is declared when sea temperatures in the tropical eastern Pacific rise 0.5°C above the long-term average.

Yet forecasts predict sea surface temperatures will rise to more than 3°C in the coming months, peaking in December. Some forecasts suggest it might even reach nearer 4°C.

It means this year’s event is set to be the strongest in 1,000 years, the Guardian reported.

UN secretary general António Guterres has now warned that El Niño “is being supersized before our eyes”.

“The science leaves no room for doubt: the........

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