March was second-hottest ever recorded on our planet
The past month was the second-hottest March in recorded history, following a trend of soaring temperatures year after year, a report has said.
Last month tied with March 2017 as the second hottest on record, with March 2016 in first place.
A report by the World Meteorological Society found that some areas of Eastern Europe saw temperatures soaring by as much as 3 degrees Celsius above Average.
We just had the second warmest March on record (after 2016 and tied with 2017). This continues the sustained period of above-average temperatures from 2001 onwards, per @CopernicusECMWF. Details https://t.co/LWUje38Dix #climatechange pic.twitter.com/1SuQGje7FJ
— WMO | OMM (@WMO) April 9, 2019
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Video with @climate_ice at https://t.co/QZDV44qbld.— WMO | OMM (@WMO) April 10, 2019
Temperatures in Australia hit their hottest ever temperatures, and temperatures also soared in Africa – with temperatures several degrees above normal in areas around Antarctica.
The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said in a statement, ‘Temperatures over almost all of Europe were warmer in March 2019 than in the 1981-2010 average for the month.
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‘They were most above normal over the east of the continent, by more than 3°C in places.
‘It was slightly colder than average over some more northern parts of Norway, Sweden and Finland.’
