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Ég held að Kína viti af því að hópur 16 er á leiðinni. Hópurinn sem er búinn að kvíða því að vera á heitasta tíma á ekki von á góðu ef þetta er það sem koma skal: Warmest Temperatures on Record

China AP News
Skating has been banned on the melting ice of Beijing's lakes, trees are blossoming early, and people are shedding heavy clothes as China experiences its warmest winter on record. Magnolia trees in Beijing had already started blossoming as conditions resembled a balmy day more commonly seen in April.

The temperature in the capital hit 16 Celsius (60 F) on Monday, far above the historical average of just below freezing for this time of year, and the highest since records were first compiled in 1840.
The head of the Beijing Municipal Observatory, Guo Hu, said the record high was part of a consistent trend this winter, while state-run media reported similar phenomena across the country.

For 2006, January-December average temperatures were the highest in 56 years in both the eastern province of Jiangsu and the remote western region of Xinjiang, 3,000 km (1,800 miles) apart.

In the normally frigid far northeastern province of Heilongjiang, temperatures also hit 40-year highs, and 300,000 people are suffering from drought in Shaanxi province after January rainfall was 90% below average.