India, Feb. 4 -- January 2025 was likely the warmest January month on record with an average monthly temperature anomaly of 1.75C above the pre-industrial (1850-1900) average for the month, according to data from the ERA5 dataset analysed by climate scientists.

The record anomaly is also evidenced by the warmer-than-normal temperatures around the world in the past month, both in the northern (wintertime) and southern hemispheres (summertime).

As recent as on January 31, temperature records were broken in Jamaica in the northern hemisphere and Madagascar in the southern hemisphere, according to data collated and shared on social media platform X by weather historian M Herrera.

The ERA5 dataset is provided by the European Centre for Me...