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China's January temperature 1.4 degrees higher than normal years

The average national temperature in January this year was minus 4.5 degrees Celsius, 1.4 degrees higher than normal years, according to the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) on Thursday. ...full story at Xinhua

from Xinhua on Thu, Feb 01 2007

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