NOAA released their latest global climate summary for March 2017 today.  It shows that the global temperature for March 2017 was the second warmest on record after the El Niño-enhanced 2016.  The year to date global temperature so far is also the second warmest on record.  You can read the NOAA news story at https://www.noaa.gov/news/us-had-2nd-warmest-year-to-date-and-9th-warmest-march-on-record and the NCEI story at https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/global-climate-201703. You can find the climate summary at https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/201703.

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