March 2024 was the warmest March on record, according to the EU weather service Copernicus. The global average temperature last month was 14.4°C, 0.73°C higher than the average for the thirty-year period 1991 - 2020.
March 2024 is the tenth month in a row that has ranked as thewarmest on record. The month is also 1.68°C warmer than the MarchAverage for the fifty years 1850 - 1900, the reference period of the pre-industrial era.