Japan Meteorological Agency - March 2015 Hottest Global March In Temperature Records

[hatrack]

Global temperature records continue to tumble, with March coming in as the hottest, in data going back to 1891, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.

The average air temperature over land and sea was 0.31 degrees above the 1981-2010 average, eclipsing the previous record anomaly of 0.28 degrees set in 2010.

Compared with the 20th century, temperatures last month were 0.76 degrees above average, the agency said.



The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is likely to release its March readings in coming days. Last month, the agency said both the first two months of 2015 and the 12 months to February were the hottest in 136 years of records. The warm start to 2015 is likely to continue with large areas of the Pacific Ocean, a major driver of global climate, remaining abnormally warm.

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http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/global-temperature-records-keep-melting-as-japan-declares-march-the-hottest-on-record-20150414-1ml83u.html

[muriel_volestrangler]

1. NASA GISS March data released too; not quite the warmest March in their opinion

http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/tabledata_v3/GLB.Ts+dSST.txt

2015 March +84/100ths; 2010 was +87, 2002 +88

The 12 month running average of the GISS figures has hit another record high (+0.72), however, beating last month.