Last month, the hottest January was from the beginning of the measurements, despite the beginning atmospheric phenomenon La Niňa, which lowers worldwide temperatures. This was announced on Thursday by European scientists, TASR reports according to DPA. Temperatures in January 2025 were 0.79 degrees Celsius higher than the global average for this month in 1991-2020 and 1.75 degrees Celsius above levels from the pre -industrial period, according to the Copernicus climate change service management management (C3S).
At the same time, it was 18. The last 19 months in which the average global temperature of the Earth’s surface was more than 1.5 degrees Celsius higher than in 1850 – 1900. These are used to define the pre -industrial period.
The analysis was based on billions of measurements from satellites, ships, aircraft and meteorological stations around the world. She also showed that The period of the past 12 months, from February 2024 to January 2025, brought temperatures by 1.61 degrees Celsius above the level of the industrial period. These temperatures were unusually high in many oceans and seas, CS3 said.
The average air temperature in Europe was 1.8 degrees Celsius, so it was approximately 2.51 degrees Celsius above the average for January in 1991-2020. This was the second warmest January for this continent after 2020. Mostly above the average were temperatures in South and Eastern Europe, but recorded below average in Britain, Ireland, Iceland, Northern France and Northern Scandinavia.
“January 2025 is another surprising month in which record temperatures continued observed over the past two years, despite the development of La Niňa in a tropical pacific and their temporary cooling effect on global temperatures,” she stated Samantha Burgess from the European Center for Medium -term weather forecast (ECMWF), which operates the C3S service.
