The planet has been shattering heat records for the past two years. That was expected to ease in January — and the fact that it didn't has climate researchers worried.

According to all climate metrics, 2024 was a terrifying year. It was so hot that it led to a declaration by the UN that we were witnessing climate breakdown in real-time. January 2025 has not ...

Earth’s prolonged streak of abnormal heat continued into 2025 despite the arrival of La Niña ocean conditions, which typically bring cooler temperatures.

Hottest January on record called ‘terrifying’ by climate scientists after defying expectations Scientists called the data ‘astonishing and, frankly terrifying’ after January broke climate ...

The role climate change likely played in January's warmth was to enhance it, making it more likely for the extended run of warmer than average days to have occurred than if the background ...

The European climate service Copernicus says the world warmed to yet another monthly heat record in January, despite an abnormally chilly United States.

Beyond climate change, which is driving up global temperatures over the long term, there were several other factors that contributed to the sustained spike in heat.

January 2025 came in cold at three of the other local climate reporting sites, Bennington, VT, Pittsfield, MA, and Poughkeepsie, but slightly warmer than average at Glens Falls.

Today's Climate January Was Awash With Extreme Winter Storms. Climate Change Likely Played a Role In the West, Northeast, Midwest and even the South, states experienced downpours, blizzards and ...

Welcome to June in January and record-shattering winter warmth in Washington. Temperatures surged about 35 degrees above normal Friday, as highs climbed well into the 70s to near 80 across the ...

Europe has experienced an exceptionally warm January, with average temperatures 2.2 degrees Celsius hotter than the 1990 to 2020 average, according to data from the European Union’s Copernicus ...