Earth Just Tied For Its Warmest April On Record, NOAA Says
April 2014 has tied with April 2010 for being the warmest April on record globally, with the global temperature 1.39 degrees above the the 20th Century average, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Click here for reuse options!The month also extended the unbroken string of months with global average temperatures at or above the 20th century average to 350 straight months, or more than 29 years. This was the 38th straight April that had a global temperature at or above the 20th century average as well.
The last cooler-than-average April was in 1976, and the last average or below-average temperature for any month was February 1985, when the movie Back to the Future was first released.
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By: Cheston Catalano
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Tom Ward May 20th, 2014 at 17:16
Dang.
If you missed March, March was the 4th hottest on record:
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/04/23/3429721/last-month-was-the-fourth-hottest-march-on-record/
“Extreme Heat, Floods Strike Eastern Europe”
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/comment.html?entrynum=275
“a record May heat wave has affected Estonia, Finland, Belarus, and northwestern Russia”
Tom Ward May 20th, 2014 at 17:16
Dang.
If you missed March, March was the 4th hottest on record:
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/04/23/3429721/last-month-was-the-fourth-hottest-march-on-record/
“Extreme Heat, Floods Strike Eastern Europe”
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/comment.html?entrynum=275
“a record May heat wave has affected Estonia, Finland, Belarus, and northwestern Russia”