Copernicus.. Record temperatures recorded worldwide in March 2024
According to a statement released by the Copernicus Climate Change Service, global surface temperatures in March were the highest ever recorded for the month, 0.1 degrees Celsius above the previous record set in 2016 and 1.68 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial average.
The European agency, based on its data published on Tuesday, indicated that March 2024 saw record temperatures worldwide. It added that over the past 12 months, the average global temperature has exceeded pre-industrial levels by 1.58 degrees Celsius, thus crossing, at least temporarily, the 1.5 degrees Celsius threshold set as a target by the Paris Agreement on climate change.
Sea surface temperatures outside the polar regions also reached record levels in March 2024, with an average of 21.07 degrees Celsius over the month, slightly higher than the 21.06 degrees Celsius recorded in February.
