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The latest global climate summary for January 2021 is now available from NOAA. It shows that this was the 7th warmest January since the global record began in 1880. Some continents were near their warmest January on record, and the polar ice cover was lower than normal. You can read the summary at https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/global-climate-202101.