According to data from the EU climate change service Copernicus, March was warmer than ever compared to the respective months of the previous year. The year 2023 was the warmest on record.
The air temperature at the earth's surface averaged 14.14 degrees in March, the service said. That is 0.73 degrees more than the average for the reference period from 1991 to 2020 and 0.10 degrees more. than thewarmest March recorded so far in 2016. March was 1.68 degrees warmer than the pre-industrial reference period.