March was the tenth month in a row to be the hottest on record, say climate change experts, Copernicus.
Overall, they say the month was 1.68°C warmer than the estimated March average for 1850-1900, which is the designated pre-industrial reference period.Samantha Burgess, Deputy Director of Copernicus Climate Service, said: "March 2024 continues the sequence of climate records toppling for both air temperature and ocean surface temperatures, with the tenth consecutive record-breaking month.
According to their charts, Ireland didn't escape the temperature rise, with our seas found to be much warmer than average. It found the average European temperature for March 2024 was 2.12°C above the 1991-2020 average for March, making it the second warmest March on record for the continent.