Data shows last month was hottest January on record
16 Feb 07
The record-setting January was spurred on by unusually warm Siberia, Canada, northern Asia and Europe, said scientists, who went beyond their normal double-checking and took the unusual step of running computer climate models "just to make sure that what we're seeing was real."
http://www.desmogblog.com/data-shows-last-month-was-hottest-january-on-record