Eastern United States only place where it wasn't 4th warmest January ever on earth

The Planet Earth Is Trolling American Climate Change Activists

But, apparently to troll American environmental activists, that warmth was obvious everywhere except the United States. But you will notice the exception that is North America. In January — which was the fourth-warmest January on record — we pointed out that if you lived in America, it didn't seem…

The Atlantic Wire

I can't seem to quote more than this. However, you should click on the word button above just to see the graphic. In the graphic you can see the Polar Vortex made the Eastern U.S. the only major blue spot pretty much on earth last winter. (blue is indicator of cold) (red indicates much warmer than normal).