Joshua S. Hill - More Than 15,000 Warm Temperature Records Broken in Warm March
April 13, 2012 March 2012 was remarkable not simply because it was the warmest March on record for the contiguous United States, nor is it remarkable for the more than 15,000 warm temperature records broken in March, the early March tornado outbreak, or the fact that it contributed to the warmest first quarter on record; March was remarkable because all of those things happened.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Climatic Data Center released their monthly State of the Climate report for March, highlighting all the records and near-record breaking temperatures that dominated the eastern to-thirds of the U.S.
The average temperature of 51.1°F was 8.6 degrees above the 20th century average for March and 0.5°F warmer than the previous warmest March in 1910. Of the more than 1,400 months (117+ years) that have passed since the U.S. climate record began, only one month, January 2006, has seen a larger departure from its average temperature than March 2012.
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