The average annual temperature was 54.6(F). This is 2.6(F) above the 20th-century average.
Five hurricanes and five tropical storms have impacted the United States and our neighbor to the east holds its own record too.
The record keepers at NOAA have been digging all the way back to when their records begin in 1851. They can't find it ever happening before.
"In the span of 141 years of climate records, there has never been a warmer January than last month," the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced Thursday.
One weather model shows a chance of snow on Halloween. That has only happened once, and it's not likely that this year will be the second.
Thursday's heat has brought October's highest temperature records in 65 years. It hasn't been this hot since 1954.
