Guardian: In the Climate Games, a number of contenders have already achieved personal bests. California is in the deepest drought for more than a century. The United States began the year with a record fall in the mercury, blizzard conditions in the north-east and a world-class anomaly in the state of Michigan, where, to the joy of headline writers, a small town called Hell froze over. Australia in 2013 had its hottest year ever and its hottest summer and conditions this January were near record levels...