Hotter than an Indian pepper

Forget the chill, 2010 was India's hottest year on record - The Economic Times: "Severe cold may well be making headlines in the past two weeks, but here's the big picture: 2010 was the warmest year ever in India since weather records began in 1901. The Indian Meteorological Department announced on Thursday that the mean annual temperature in the country during 2010 was as much as 0.93 degrees Celsius higher than the long term (1961-1990) average.

IMD officials said the record heat in 2010 was a continuation of the warming trend in the past decade that can only be attributed to global warming. The last decade has been the warmest in the country's history. The previous warmest year was 2009, when the annual mean temperature was 0.913 degrees C above the long term average."