January was the fifth-warmest month on record globally, says Copernicus Climate Change Service

SOUTH-EAST ASIA (dpa): Despite recent cold weather across much of the Northern Hemisphere, last month was the fifth-warmest January on record globally, according to the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service.

The average temperature reached 12.95 degrees Celsius, 0.51 degrees above the 1991-2020 average. The warmest January on record remains 2025, which was 0.28 degrees hotter than this year.