The annual mean temperature of China in 2006 was 1.09℃ above the clim atology (1971-2000 mean value). The year 2006 is the warmest year since 1951 (r e liable meteorological records). Meanwhile, the annual precipitation of China is slightly less than the climatology. The meteorological disasters occurred freque ntly in 2006. The economic losses and the number of people death caused by tropi cal cyclones were ranked as number one in all disasters, associated with the lar gescale crop and number of people suffering from the heavy drought. In general , the economic losses caused by the natural disasters in 2006 are the most since 1999.