March was the 10th month in a row to be the hottest on record for the time of year, with both air temperatures and the world’s oceans hitting an all-time high for the month.
Global heat records have been broken each month since last June, with marine heat waves across the oceans contributing
It is the 10th month in the row to break records for the respective month of the year, the Copernicus analysis found. Sea surface temperatures outside the polar regions were at record highs in March, averaging 21.07C for the month, marginally above the 21.06C recorded for February. The figures from C3S also show how temperatures have risen significantly in recent years, with the global average temperatures over the past 12 months up 0.7C on the 1991-2020 average, and this March 0.73C warmer than average for that period.
March Hottest Record-Breaking Air Temperatures Oceans Copernicus Climate Change Service
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