The January figures are in, and Earth’s string of hottest-months-on-record has now reached nine in a row. But NASA said January stood out: The temperature was above normal by the highest margin of any month on record.
NASA said January 2016 was 2.03 degrees (1.13 degrees Celsius) above normal.
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NASA chief climate scientist Gavin Schmidt blamed the record heat mostly on man-made climate change, with an assist from El Nino.
Records go back to 1880.