March: tenth consecutive month of record • Table.Briefings

Heatwave in Brazil: A pedestrian protects herself from the extreme temperatures in São Paulo.

The just-passed March once again set a new record as the warmest of all time – just like the nine months before it. Worldwide, the 1.5-degree limit was exceeded, according to data from the EU’s weather service.

As the tenth consecutive month, March 2024 brought a new peak in global temperatures. According to data from the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, March was the warmest March ever recorded, with a global average temperature of 14.14 degrees Celsius, 0.73 degrees above the 1991-2020 average – and a full 1.68 degrees warmer than the pre-industrial period.

March: tenth consecutive month of record heat worldwide

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