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2015 set to be 'hottest year on record'Where are we seeing warming? Chicago?Still proving your two digit IQ there, jc? When we are warming, the El Nino's become more intense. That is exactly what we are seeing. And the results of the increase in intensity, are storms that are more intense. More precipitation, more wind. Again, we have seen that this year. Since the maximum effect usually occur about three months after the El Nino reaches peak intensity, we are looking at February and March for this El Nino.
This year is likely to be the hottest on record, the UN's weather agency has warned ahead of a global climate summit starting in Paris next week.
Global average surface temperature in 2015 is expected "to reach the symbolic and significant milestone of 1C" above the pre-industrial 1880-1899 era, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Wednesday.
The group said a combination of a strong El Nino and man-made global warming was behind the rise.
'Bad news'
The years 2011-2015 were also the warmest five-year period on record, with many extreme weather events - especially heatwaves - influenced by climate change, the WMO said.
"This is all bad news for the planet," said Michel Jarraud, director-general of WMO, warning that inaction on climate change could see global average temperatures rise by 6C or more
More to come.