Yet Another Temp Record Smashed
Last month was the warmest January on record, European scientists said Wednesday, continuing an alarming streak of some of the hottest months humanity has ever seen. Copernicus, the European Union's climate change service, confirmed that January’s average air temperature was 13.14 degrees Celsius, or about 55.65 degrees Fahrenheit. That number is 0.7 degrees Celsius (1.26 degrees Fahrenheit) above the 1991 to 2020 average for January and beats the previous record, set in January 2020, by 0.12 degrees Celsius, or 0.22 degrees Fahrenheit. January’s record adds to the alarming streak of every month since June being the hottest on record, while February 2023 to January 2024 is now the hottest 12-month period on record. "Rapid reductions in greenhouse gas emissions are the only way to stop global temperatures from increasing," Samantha Burgess, deputy director of Copernicus, said in a statement. (New York Times $, ABC, Reuters)
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