CONUS March 2026 Temperature Sets New Record, Exceeding 5°C Above 20th-Century Baseline

Science & ResearchApr 18, 2026score 0.543 posts · 0 replies across 3 instances

The focus is the sharing of alarming, record-setting global and regional temperature anomaly data for early 2026, utilizing reports from Metoffice HadCRUT5 and NOAA.

@[email protected] reported the contiguous U.S. (CONUS) March 2026 average temperature hit 10.5°C, which constitutes a 5.2°C anomaly above average. This single post claimed this temperature level marks the first time any month's average surpassed the 5°C threshold above its 20th-century baseline, citing NOAA data.

Multiple users are disseminating raw climate data updates, including Metoffice HadCRUT5 for February 2026 (@[email protected]) and tracking 100 years of March temperature anomalies up to 2026 using NOAA data (@[email protected]). The consensus across the visible data reporting is one of escalating, documented warming.

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CONUS March 2026 temperature averaged 10.5°C, 5.2°C above the average.

Reported by @[email protected], claiming it is the warmest March in the 132-year record.

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The March 2026 temperature anomaly exceeded the 5°C threshold above the 20th-century baseline.

Specific data cited by @[email protected] using NOAA monitoring reports.

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February 2026 global climate data update available from Metoffice HadCRUT5.

Provided by @[email protected].

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NOAA Global Temp data tracks 100 years of March temperature anomalies through 2026.

Data tracking presented by @[email protected].

Source posts

@[email protected]

Monthly global climate data update from Metoffice HadCRUT5 for February 2026 (delayed).
datagraver.com/climate-data-set-hadcrut-5/
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@[email protected]

100 years of average March temperature anomalies over land areas through 2026... 

Data from NOAAGlobalTemp v6.1.0: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/land-based-station/noaa-global-temp

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@[email protected]

The average temperature over the entire contiguous U.S. (CONUS) in March was 10.5°C, 5.2°C above average, ranking as the warmest March in the 132-year record.
This marks the first time any month's average temperature has exceeded 5°C above its 20th-century baseline.
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/monthly-report/national/202603

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