NCDC - Antarctic Ice Levels 2nd-Lowest On Record; Global March 13th-Warmest On Record

[hatrack]

SUMMIT COUNTY — Warmer than average temperatures prevailed across much of the planet in March, especially in the far north, where readings were so high that climatologists had to add a new color — hot pink — to their maps.

Overall, the combined global land and ocean surface temperature was 0.88 degrees above the 20th century average, making it the 35 consecutive March with above-average temperatures and the 13th-warmest March on record, according to the monthly summary from the National Climatic Data Center. For the year to-date, global temperatures are running 0.77 degrees above average, making it the 14th warmest January-March period on record.

Warmer-than-average ocean conditions were most pronounced in the equatorial Atlantic, the western Pacific oceans, and across the Southern Hemisphere midlatitudes.

Across the planet’s land masses, the most prominent warmth was recorded across most of Siberia, southwestern Greenland, southern North America, and most of Africa. Cooler-than-average conditions were reported from the western half of Canada, most of Mongolia, China and southeastern Asia. A notable exception to global warmth was in Australia, which experienced its coolest March on record, with above average rainfall across the entire country.

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http://summitcountyvoice.com/2011/04/16/global-warming-arctic-temps-climb-off-the-charts/

[kestrel91316]

1. Don't you/they mean "arctic"??

[XemaSab]

2. Says in the article that Antarctica is 3rd lowest ever

to which I have only one reply:

[hatrack]

3. Odd - it noted 2nd-lowest on the subhead at the actual article . . .

Go figure.

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. Arctic 2nd lowest for March; Antarctic 3rd lowest

From the NCDC gif: ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/service/global/extremes/201103.gif (add 'www.' to the front of that - 2000x941 pixels, so I didn't want to embed it in this thread)

[XemaSab]

7. At any rate:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQrC_C6SexI

[hatrack]

4. This time of year? Nah - Antarctic sea ice usually bottoms out around now.

:hi:

[kestrel91316]

6. The snippets were talking about Siberia and the north, is why I asked....

Sorry. My bad. When in doubt read the entire article.