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

We're only in the second month of 2025, and we're already talking about a global temperature record being broke. January 2025 has set a new record for the global, average temperature experienced during the month––hitting 13.

The world set yet another monthly heat record in January, despite an abnormally chilly U.S., a cooling La Nina​​ and predictions of a slightly less hot 2025, the European climate service Copernicus says.