By: Natasha Archary

A warmer winter is predicted for most of South Africa this year, owing to the El Niño weather pattern.
According to climate change experts El Niño will likely affect winter by bringing warmer and drier conditions between April to June.
Speaking to SABC News, Dr Peter Johnston, Climate Scientist at the University of Cape Town said patterns linked to El Niño have claimed several lives over the past few years.
“El Niño is therefore causing warm air and warm seas, and as a result, we are certainly going to expect a warmer normal winter.
It doesn’t mean every day is going to be warmer, and it doesn’t mean every single month over winter is going to be warmer, but generally speaking, the forecasts are showing that the temperatures in South Africa over winter will be warmer than normal.”
This doesn’t mean that we should expect more sunny days this winter however, and Dr Johnston says we will likely experience above normal minimum and maximum temperatures this winter.
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