Earth Had Its 7th-Warmest January on Record

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Our planet kicked off another year with a warm start: January 2023 ranked as the seventh-warmest January in 174 years.

Our planet kicked off another year with a warm start: January 2023 ranked as the seventh-warmest January in 174 years.

Sea ice at both ends of the world also ran very low, according to NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).

Below are more highlights from NOAA’s January global climate report:

Climate by the Numbers

January 2023

The average global land and ocean surface temperature was 1.57 degrees F (0.87 of a degree C) above average, ranking as the seventh-warmest January in NOAA's global climate record.

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