US EditionMarch Sets New Record for Most Abnormally Hot Month in Continental US
NOAA said 12,347 daily and 2,596 monthly records fell as a prolonged heat wave drove March temperatures to historic highs nationwide.
- The contiguous United States registered its most abnormally hot month in 132 years of records, according to federal data released Wednesday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
- An expansive high-pressure heat dome fueled an 11-plus day heat wave from mid-late March, driving record-breaking temperatures across the country with a pattern unusual for the season.
- Meteorologist Guy Walton reported that more than 19,800 daily temperature records were broken for heat across the country; climatologist Brian Brettschneider calculated 38% of the contiguous United States had its record warmest month.
- World Weather Attribution concluded the magnitude of this record warmth was "virtually impossible without Climate Change." The Southwest United States experienced at least 20 March days where heat was twice as likely due to Climate Change.
- Parts of southern Alaska into northern Canada experienced their coldest March in 86 years, even as the contiguous United States sweltered. Some forecasts predict a brewing El Nino will reach superstrength, potentially increasing global warmth over the next year.
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