Monthly Report/TCC

Extreme climate events and weather-related disasters during this period

Monthly mean temperatures were extremely high from northeastern China to the southern part of Central Siberia, from southern China to the central part of Southeast Asia, in and around central Saudi Arabia, in and around southern Brazil, from northern to southeastern Australia, and in New Zealand.
Monthly precipitation amounts were extremely high from southern China to western Thailand, from western Rumania to central Greece, and from Uruguay to northern Argentina.
Monthly precipitation amounts were extremely low from northern Japan to the southern Korean Peninsula, and in southeastern Brazil.

	Type	Area	Remarks
1	Dry	From northern Japan to the southern Korean Peninsula	Monthly precipitation amount in the Pacific side of northern Japan was the lowest for January since 1946.
2	Warm	From northeastern China to the southern part of Central Siberia
3	Heavy Rain	The southern Sulawesi Island	It was reported that heavy rains caused more than 60 fatalities in the southern Sulawesi Island in Indonesia (the government of Indonesia).
4	Warm	From southern China to the central part of Southeast Asia
5	Wet	From southern China to western Thailand
6	Warm	In and around central Saudi Arabia	Monthly mean temperature in Bahrain was the highest for January since 1902 (Bahrain Meteorological Directorate).
7	Wet	From western Rumania to central Greece
8	Warm · Dry	In and around southeastern Brazil
9	Wet	From Uruguay to northern Argentina
10	Warm	From northern to southeastern Australia, New Zealand	Monthly mean temperature in Australia was the highest for January since 1910 (Bureau of Meteorology, Australia). Monthly mean temperature in New Zealand was the third highest for January since 1909 (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand).