Warmer April Worldwide
Satellite data: Planet warmed last month.
Warmer April Worldwide
Temperatures were closer to normal last month in the United States than they were in March, but worldwide April was on the warm side, according to the monthly NASA satellite report.
It was the fourth-warmest April among the 34 in the period of record, said John Christy, scientist at the University of Alabama who is a keeper of the data.
For the month the worldwide temperature was about a half-degree Fahrenheit above normal, or about 0.3 degrees warmer than April 2011.
April 2010 was considerably toastier, at 0.7 degrees above the longer-term averages.
Overall, said Christy, the planet has been warming at a rate of 0.2 degrees Fahrenheit per decade.
You'll find the data here.
how about the drought?.. around the world it is hotter in some places and cooler in other places as the earth moves round the sun..But..you knew that..— STEVE5444
Tony Wood has been writing about the atmosphere for The Inquirer for 26 years. E-mail Tony here. And read all his columns here.
