An unexpected temperature rise around the North Pole combined with a freak winter storm has caused Europe to be colder than the Arctic.

Greenland has recorded sixty-one hours of temperatures above freezing in 2018 as a result of the retreat of sea ice.

Rome and Brussels were hit with a rare snow storm that could result in temperatures falling as low as minus 10 degrees.

Scientists say that climate change is the cause for the wacky weather.