Assessing the Global Climate in March 2019

The March temperature across global land and ocean surfaces was 1.91°F above the 20th century average of 54.9°F and was the second highest for March in the 1880–2019 record. The March globally averaged sea surface temperature was 1.31°F above the 20th century monthly average of 60.7°F — also the second highest global ocean temperature for March in the record, behind 2016 (+1.48°F). The year-to-date temperature across global land and ocean surfaces was 1.62°F above the 20th century average of 54.1°F — the third highest for January–March in the 140-year record, behind the years 2016 (warmest) and 2017 (second warmest).

Source: www.ncei.noaa.gov