Global Temperatures
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January 2025 was the warmest January globally, with an average ERA5 surface air temperature of 13.23°C, 0.79°C above the 1991-2020 average for January.
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January 2025 was 1.75°C above the pre-industrial level and was the 18th month in the last nineteen months for which the global-average surface air temperature was more than 1.5°C above the pre-industrial level.
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The last 12-monthsperiod (February 2024 – January 2025) was 0.73°C above the 1991-2020 average, and 1.61°C above the estimated 1850-1900 average used to define the pre-industrial level.
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Copernicus only gave us the data but BBC has added the cause. It said:
January 2025 had been expected to be slightly cooler than January 2024 because of a shift away from a natural weather pattern in the Pacific known as El Niño.
But instead, last month broke the January 2024 record by nearly 0.1C, according to the European Copernicus climate service.
The world's warming is due to emissions of planet-heating gases from human activities - mainly the burning of fossil fuels - but scientists say they cannot fully explain why last month was particularly hot. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyjk92w9k1o
If you ask me, I'd say yes, it was hotter, at least at my place. But I won't blame humans for this. I believe that Earth is passing through a major transformation phase and we humans need to learn to adapt to it.
What do you say? Was January hotter at your place too? What's the cause according to you?