I make the anomaly for January +1.75°C above the pre-industrial LTALTA Long Term Average. This is usually defined as a 30 year period by the WMO., which makes it the warmest January in the series, which started in 1940. It surprised some people, but if you watch the daily values, it was always on the cards. 😉 Of course with a La NinaLa Niña La Niña is an oceanic and atmospheric phenomenon that is the colder counterpart of El Niño, as part of the broader El Niño–Southern Oscillation climate pattern. The name La Niña originates from Spanish for "the girl", by analogy to El Niño, meaning "the boy". In the past, it was also called an anti-El Niño[1] and El Viejo, meaning "the old man." just starting in the Pacific, most people thought that 2025 would end up being cooler than 2024, obviously the warmer than average oceans away from the central Pacific, and which drive global temperatures, have other ideas. 😮
