Warmest winter ever

Spring seemed to bust out all over in Oslo this week, not the best news just before the biggest winter sports weekend of the year at Holmenkollen.

With little snow and unseasonably high temperatures, experts agree that the winter of 2006-2007 looks set to go down in the record books as the warmest winter ever.
It's also been the warmest winter in the entire northern hemisphere since records started being kept 125 years ago, reports the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Unofficial temperatures hit 16C in Oslo on Thursday, or nearly 60F. The snow is mostly gone in the city, and the ski association that hosts the annual World Cup competition at Holmenkollen in the hills above the city has had to fly in snow for the runs with helicopters.