January 2024 was the world's warmest on record
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January 2024 was the hottest January ever recorded, with global temperatures reaching 1.66°C above pre-industrial levels, a monitoring agency said on Thursday. January 2024 also marked the eighth straight month of record-high temperatures, according to a report by European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service. To be sure, 2023 was the hottest year on record, and experts are already predicting 2024 will beat 2023's extremely high temperatures.