El Nino bows out after driving year of record heat as La Nina lurks in the wings

By Peter Hannam
Updated May 31 2016 - 10:13am, first published May 25 2016 - 12:13pm
The El  Nino near its height at the end of 2015, with unusually warm surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific. Photo: NASA
The El Nino near its height at the end of 2015, with unusually warm surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific. Photo: NASA
Record temperatures have been the nature of this year's El Nino in Sydney, much of Australia and globally. Photo: Ella Rubeli
Record temperatures have been the nature of this year's El Nino in Sydney, much of Australia and globally. Photo: Ella Rubeli
After a year of driving global temperatures to unprecedented warmth, the giant El Nino weather event in the Pacific is officially over. Photo: Dallas Kilponen
After a year of driving global temperatures to unprecedented warmth, the giant El Nino weather event in the Pacific is officially over. Photo: Dallas Kilponen
News. Bronte. Long summer weather story. Photograph by Edwina Pickles. 24th May 2016. Photo: Edwina Pickles
News. Bronte. Long summer weather story. Photograph by Edwina Pickles. 24th May 2016. Photo: Edwina Pickles

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