Last month was the world's warmest March on record

Debris scatters the ground near damaged homes following a severe storm on March 15, 2024, in Lakeview, Ohio. Photo: AP/Joshua A. Bickel

Last month was the warmest March on record globally, and the tenth consecutive month in which all-time temperatures were broken for a respective month of the year, scientists have said.

According to a new report from the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) the EU's climate monitoring service, global temperatures in March were 1.68C warmer than the pre-industrial average for that month, from 1850 to 1900, and .73C above the 1991-2020 average temperature for March. Last month was also .10C hotter than the previous March record, set in 2016.