March: Hottest Month Ever in US

0:00Intro. Insert. Standard podcast. Intro here. March set records as the hottest and most abnormally warm month ever for the continental U.S. topping 132 years of data. The average temperature hit 50.85 disease, a left, and astonishing 935 disease above the 20th century norm, shattering the previous record for March 2012. Daytime highs were even more extreme, averaging 11.4 disease above normal, 11. Level more typical of April. Six of the 10 hottest months in recorded history occurred within the past decade. In March alone, over 19,000 daily heat records fell nationwide, along with 2,000 monthly ones. Experts are stunned, especially since this followed the warmest winter and least no season ever recorded. Coupled with the driest January March period to date, the impacts on water supplies, agriculture, rivers, and shipping routes across the contiguous. U.S. are becoming severe.

1:01Forecasts from NOAA and other services suggest an exceptionally strong El Nino is forming in the Pacific, possibly reaching over 2 degrees cc above average by winter. This could further intensify global heat, potentially exceeding the records set in 2015 and 2016. With climate change driving these extremes, we may see lasting shifts in weather patterns, affecting everything from droughts to storms for years to… Outro, Insert Standard Podcasts, Outro Here. This has been Vancouver News Today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with the Story.