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Keeping warm over the winter months can help to prevent colds, flu and more serious health problems such as heart attacks, strokes, pneumonia and depression, according to the NHS.

She called on the government to put in place mitigations to protect the most vulnerable and ensure they can keep warm over the winter.

“It’s a combination of El Niño and global warming as to why the oceans are so warm over such a broad region,” Swain said.

A typical transaction would see an energy company buy a temperature-indexed contract to guard against the risk that the weather will be warm over the winter heating season, causing them to sell less natural gas.

Monday will still be very warm over the interior but not quite as hot as the weekend, with most places forecast to see a temperature drop of about 5 degrees by Monday.