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Weather Blogs / Global climate change
Warmest April on record globally, according to NASA
By Brett Anderson, AccuWeather senior meteorologist
Published May 26, 2020 8:13 PM EDT
Both NASA GISS and NOAA have released their global surface temperature data for the month of April.
NASA GISS
April 2020 was the warmest April on record globally (land/ocean surface), surpassing April 2016.
April 2020 averaged 1.16 deg. C. above the 1951-1980 mean. The NASA database goes back to 1880.
The top 5 warmest Aprils on record have all occurred over the past 5 years.
April 2020 was also the warmest April on record for the southern hemisphere and the second warmest on record for the northern hemisphere.
The January to April 2020 period was the second warmest such period on record behind 2016.
NOAA
April 2020 was the second warmest April on record globally (land/ocean surface) coming behind April 2016. The record database goes back to 1880.
April 2020 averaged 1.06 deg. C. above the 20th century average.
Eight of the warmest Aprils on record have occurred since 2010.
This is the 424th consecutive month with the global average surface temperature above the 20th century average.
Also, the global oceans were the warmest on record for the month of April.
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