The ski season in Nuuk, Greenland, has been halted due to the warmest January ever recorded on the west coast, according to the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI). The average temperature in January was 0.1 degrees Celsius (32.2 degrees Fahrenheit), a new record, 7.8C warmer than the January normal for 1991-2020. The highest January temperature in the city of Nuuk was 11.3C (52.3F). The same pattern of high monthly averages occurred across more than 2,000km (1,240 miles) of Greenland's west coast as multiple towns posted unusually high monthly average. The DMI attributed the warm January to a jet stream steering mild air north towards Greenland, but also human-driven climate change, which can push temperatures higher on top of these weather patterns. Scientists have long warned that the Arctic does not warm at the same pace as the rest of the planet. The stalled ski season is seen as a major setback for small ski hill operators, which relies heavily on natural snowfall and has no artificial snowmaking system. The climate change is also contributing to the US interest in Greenland, which has been highlighted by the US President Donald Trump's calls for control of Greenland.