Climate Central: January of 2013 continued the unbroken string of months with above-average global surface temperatures, tying with 1995 as the ninth-warmest such month on record since instrument records began in 1880, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said on Thursday. This marked the 335th straight month above the 20th century average, and the 37th straight warmer-than-average January.
The last cooler-than-average January occurred in 1976, and the last cooler-than-average month occurred...