How did January 2018 rank in terms of global temperatures?

Source: AccuWeather.com (blog)
Details: January 2018 actually tied January 1998 for 5th warmest . Strong El Nino conditions were ongoing during January 1998. Clearly, natural phenomena such as ENSO cannot explain the global warming trend. -------. NASA GISS. January 2018 also ranked as the 5th warmest January on record globally, ...

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