Minimum temperatures expected to remain above normal into the New Year as well

El Niño is one of the most predictable climate events on the planet, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, but it also has a way of keeping climate scientists guessin

The US space agency Nasa has warned that the effects of the current El Nino weather phenomenon could be as bad as those of 1998, the strongest on record.

Switzerland has experienced its warmest December since the country that founded winter tourism began keeping records 150 years ago.

El Nino has contributed to making 2015 the warmest year on record and will continue to influence in 2016

Switzerland has been disappointing visitors who wished to enjoy its snowy Alpine mountain range. The country has experienced its warmest December in 150 years, meteorologists have said.

While the climate phenomenon called El Niño has brought near-ideal growing conditions for many farmers throughout North America and South America in 2015, it has wreaked havoc on the agriculture of

Sunday night was Sydney's warmest in three years but a cool change will bring rain over Monday and Tuesday, aiding fire risk reduction efforts in the Newcastle and Wodonga areas.

It could be the mildest 22 December since records began, with forecasters saying the unsettled weather sweeping across Britain could last until Christmas Eve.

Sunday night was Sydney's warmest in three years but a cool change will bring rain over Monday and Tuesday, aiding fire risk reduction efforts in the Newcastle and Wodonga areas.