Scott Duncan
Scott Duncan - We just observed Earth's 2nd warmest March... | Facebookhttps://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=937871050928558&id=100041170155733We just observed Earth's 2nd warmest March on record. Some of the strongest hotspots with many records were found in Argentina and across a vast area reaching from NW Africa all the way through Asia.
It wasn't warm for everyone though. Swipe through...
Intense cold lingered over large portions of North America. Some very striking cold anomalies and particularly stormy weather for the west coast (delivering much needed rain and mountain snow). It was also cold in Iceland & Fennoscandia. Very notable intensity to the cold especially late in the month.
But the area of significant warmth from Morocco to Kamchatka really is impressive. Large portions of Central Asia averaged more than 5°C warmer than the 1981-2010 baseline.
A look at the Southern Hemisphere... Relentless heatwaves in South America with the Bullseye in Argentina. Long-standing monthly records were broken.
Also, no more La Niña...