Photo: BloombergWashington: Last month was the second warmest March in 137 years of modern record-keeping, according to a monthly analysis of global temperatures by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Last month was 1.12 degrees Celsius warmer than the mean March temperature from 1951-1980. March 2016 was the hottest on record, at 1.27 degrees Celsius warmer than the March mean temperature. March 2017’s temperature was 0.15 degrees Celsius cooler than March 2016, but 0.2 degrees Celsius warmer than any previous March. The modern global temperature record begins around 1880 because previous observations did not cover enough of the planet.

Source: Mint April 16, 2017 09:00 UTC