NASA has revealed that January 2017 was the hottest month on record in the past 137 years.

According to NASA's New York-based Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), January 2016 recorded a temperature of 1.12 degrees Celsius. Last month recorded a temperature of 0.92 degrees Celsius. 

Meanwhile, NASA has revealed that within the last 137 years, most areas in the North American and Siberian regions recorded the highest temperatures.

The eastern portion of North America and certain parts of Russia and China likewise experienced higher than normal temperature in January this year. On the other hand, Europe and western parts of the US were much colder.

NASA's latest revelation about the hottest month was done via a monthly analysis based on the data gathered from "6,300 meteorological stations around the world, ship- and buoy-based instruments measuring sea-surface temperature, and Antarctic research stations," the Top Examiner reported.

February 2017, in the meantime, was colder at 0.20 degrees Celsius.

The Tech Times reported that a global warming trend has been observed. With January 2016 being the warmest for more than a century now, NASA stated that the temperature recorded during this period is higher by 1.78 degrees Fahrenheit from the 20th-century average, or 1.69 degrees Fahrenheit above, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Considering the increasing warmth of the Earth or the so-called "climate crisis," the World Health Organization (WHO) has predicted that around 250,000 additional deaths might be recorded annually from 2030 to 2050.