Average Temperatures In 2007 In Tibet Second-Highest Since 1971 - Xinhua

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LHASA, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- The average temperature in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region last year was the second-highest in 37 years and meteorologists said that this underscored the impact of global warming.

The average temperature last year, which was calculated at 4.7 degrees Celsius (about 11.6 degrees Fahrenheit), was only second to the record of 4.9 degrees Celsius in 2006, according to statistics released by the Tibet Regional Meteorological Bureau on Thursday.

The 2007 figure was 1.2 degrees higher than the previous yearly average, it said. Statisticians with the bureau said that temperatures set record highs in several areas and in several months. In October, record highs were recorded at more than two-thirds of the monitoring stations in the region.

Zhang Hezhen, a senior engineer with the bureau, said that since 2000, warm winters had been more frequent. Five of the warmest inters in the past 35 years in Tibet occurred after 2000.

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http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-02/28/content_7687046.htm

[OKIsItJustMe]

1. See!? It's global cooling!

Last year was 0.2°F hotter than this year.
Q.E.D.

Can I stop worrying now!?