January 2025 breaks record as warmest January globally

SUSCH, SWITZERLAND - JAN. 24, 2025: January 2025 has been recorded as the warmest January globally, marking a new temperature high amid ongoing concerns over climate change and its impact worldwide.According to data from the European Copernicus climate service, the average temperature over European land for January 2025 was 1.80°C, 2.51°C above the 1991-2020 average for January, the second warmest after January 2020, which was 2.64°C above average.Outside Europe, temperatures were most above average over northeast and northwest Canada, Alaska, and Siberia. They were also above average over southern South America, Africa, and much of Australia and Antarctica.Temperatures were most notably below average over the United States and the easternmost regions of Russia, Chukotka and Kamchatka. The Arabian Peninsula and mainland Southeast Asia also had below-average temperatures.According to Samantha Burgess, Strategic Lead for Climate at the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF):(Footage by Ömer Sercan Karkuş, Tayfun Coşkun /Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)