There was a striking contrast in average January temperatures across Europe in 2024, and considerable variations during the month in some places. It was much colder than the 1991-2020 average over much of the north of the continent, but much warmer than average in the south, for the fourth month in a row. Temperatures below -43°C early in January in Lapland were the lowest January values in Sweden for 25 years, and for one of the stations concerned the lowest in a data record of more than on...
