For most of the Earth, last month was one of the hottest Marchs on record, except in the United States, U.S. government forecasters said Tuesday. The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said it was the fourth hottest March in 135 years of records. The overall global temperature was 0.7 degree Celsius (1.3 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than the 20th century average. Slovakia had its hottest March on record, while South Korea and Latvia had their second-warmest. Russia's northern Siberia was 5 degrees Celsius warmer than normal, while Norway and Demark averaged almost 4 degrees Celsius warmer than normal. But in the United States, March was about 0.5 degree Celsius cooler than normal. It was the 43rd coolest march on record.
