It’s so ‘cold’ in Sochi that…

Winter, what winter?

While the eastern United States got pummeled by snow and rain deluged an already flooded Britain, the sun shone bright in the Russian resort town of Sochi.

Cameramen went shirtless, while tourists sunbathed and took dips in the ocean at the suddenly not-so-Winter Olympics this week.

Temperatures rose to just under 60 degrees on Wednesday.

That was warmer than Los Angeles, Sydney and many other Olympic host cities, prompting some to start calling Sochi the "Warmer Olympics."

Sochi has about 25 million cubic feet of snow stored away for the games, but Dmitry Chernyshenko, head of the local organizing committee, said there was no need for it yet.

On the warmer weather, he said, "It's not a big surprise for us. We're a subtropical city."

This is how "cold" it's been in Sochi this week:

Visitors were sunbathing…on the beach

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And under (fake) palm trees

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And swimming … IN THE OCEAN

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The camera crews went sleeveless

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So did some (admittedly dude-bro looking) fans

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In fact, some fans didn't wear shirts at all

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While others went for scenic bike rides

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Athletes played soccer in their shorts (notice the snow-capped mountains in the distance)

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And the volunteers were hot (literally)

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Seriously, guys, it's like it's Southern California up in here

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