"On Friday, NASA released the latest temperature data for the globe, showing that March of 2016 was the hottest March on record since reliable measurements began in 1880. The month was 1.28 degrees Celsius, or 2.3 degrees Fahrenheit, higher than the average temperature in March from 1951 through 1980, with particularly scorching temperatures in the Arctic (as has been the case throughout this year so far).

This follows on temperatures for January and February that, NASA data show, were also the warmest for their respective months in the agency’s dataset. "

Chris Mooney reports for the Washington Post April 15, 2016. [2]