Arctic sea ice coverage was 9th smallest on record for the month
Continuing the balmy trend to 2021, the month of March ended as the world’s eighth-warmest March in 142 years of record-keeping.
Moreover, the year to date tied for ninth-warmest YTD on record for the planet, according to NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information. Below are more highlights from NOAA’s latest monthly global climate report:
Climate by the numbers - March 2021
The average global land and ocean-surface temperature for March was 1.53 degrees F (0.85 of a degree C) above the 20th-century average of 54.9 degrees (12.7 degrees C). This ranks the month as the eighth-warmest March in NOAA’s 142-year global temperature record.
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