‘Super El Niño’ could usher in freezing UK temperatures after record-breaking heat

‘Super El Niño’ could usher in freezing UK temperatures after record-breaking heat Josh Milton | Senior science and technology reporter Published July 23, 2026 4:11pm Updated July 23, 2026 4:11pm The weather system and climate change will be having a snowfight, one forecaster said (Picture: AFP) A ‘super El Niño’ could plunge the UK into a freezing and wet winter after baking the rest of the world, experts warn. Every three to seven years or so, global temperatures are pushed by a naturally occurring weather system called El Niño that shifts ocean winds. But an El Niño supercharged by climate change, which has already begun, is slated to be especially powerful and smash heat records. Extreme rainfall, powerful storms and drought across some areas of the globe are all in the cards, if they