The month of January (Jan) this year was the warmest Jan on record globally since 1850, when records started to be maintained, with surface air temperatures 1.75°C above pre-industrial levels, said a report published on Thursday ( 6 February) by the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service.

• This comes after 2024 was recorded as Earth's hottest year, when global average temperatures surpassed 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels for the first time.
• The report also noted that Jan was the 18th month in the past 19 where global temperatures exceeded the 1.5°C threshold.
•  it surpassed the previous high in January last year by nearly 0.1 degree Celsius.
• Despite expectations for a slightly cooler month due to a shift away from the El Niño weather pattern, global temperatures remained unusually high..