{"id":435778,"date":"2026-03-31T09:09:45","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T07:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=435778"},"modified":"2026-03-31T09:09:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T07:09:47","slug":"march-2026-the-hottest-ever-not-so-fast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=435778","title":{"rendered":"March 2026 the Hottest Ever? Not So\u00a0Fast!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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From Science Matters<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Ron Clutz<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For sure you\u2019ve seen the headlines declaring record-setting global warming heat waves in March 2026. For example from the Weather Channel:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Historic March Heat Wave Smashed US And Monthly Records In Over 180 Cities, From California To The East<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It rewrote March record books and even topped a few April records.
Here\u2019s our full recap on this historic early spring heat wave
and how climate change likely influenced it.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Record-breaking March heatwave, intensified by climate change, continues to shatter records across the U.S.,\u00a0Climate Central<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Record-shattering March temperatures in Western North America virtually impossible without climate change,\u00a0World Weather Attribution<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2026 likely to be the Hottest year ever?\u00a0 If you\u2019re like me, your response is: That\u2019s not the way it\u2019s going down where I live.\u00a0 Fortunately there is a website that allows anyone to check their personal experience with the weather station data nearby.\u00a0 weatherspark.com provides data summaries for you to judge what\u2019s going on in weather history where you live.\u00a0 In my case a modern weather station is a few miles away\u00a0March 2026 Weather History at Montr\u00e9al\u2013Mirabel International Airport.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>The story about March 2026 is evident below in charts and graphs from this site.\u00a0 There\u2019s a map that allows you to find your locale.<\/p>\n\n\n

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First, consider above the\u00a0norms for March\u00a0<\/strong>from the period 1980 to 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then, there\u2019s March 2026\u00a0compared<\/strong>\u00a0to the normal observations.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The graph shows this March had a few warm days, many days below zero and overall pretty much sub-normal.\u00a0 But since climate is more than temperature, consider cloudiness.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Wow, look at all that gray and just a few spots of blue.\u00a0 Most of the month was cloudy, which means blocking the warming sun from hitting the surface.\u00a0 \u00a0And with all those clouds, let\u2019s look at\u00a0precipitation<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n

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So, there were twenty-three days when it rained or snowed, including freezing rainstorms.\u00a0 Given what we know about the hydrology cycles, that means a lot of heat removed upward from the surface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So the implications for\u00a0March temperatures in my locale.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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There you have it before your eyes. March is often the beginning of
spring weather, but this year was completely cold, frigid or freezing.
No sign of global warming around here.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Claims of hottest this or that month or year are based on averages of averages of temperatures, which in principle is an intrinsic quality and distinctive to a locale.\u00a0 The claim involves selecting some places and time periods where warming appears, while ignoring other places where it has been cooling. Attribution studies select hot spots and exclude cold places, despite CO2 supposedly being evenly distributed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remember:\u00a0 They want you to panic.\u00a0 Before doing so, check out what the data says in your neck of the woods.\u00a0 For example, NOAA declared that \u201cJuly 2024 was the warmest ever recorded for the globe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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There you have it before your eyes. March is often the beginning of
\nspring weather, but this year was completely cold, frigid or freezing.
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