The combined global land and ocean average surface
temperature for March 2010 was the warmest on record at 13.5°C (56.3°F),
which is 0.77°C (1.39°F) above the 20th century average of
12.7°C (54.9°F). This was also the 34th consecutive March
with global land and ocean temperatures above the 20th
century average.
The March worldwide land surface temperature was
1.36°C (2.45°F) above the 20th century average of 5.0°C
(40.8°F)—the fourth warmest on record.
The worldwide ocean surface temperature was 0.56°C
(1.01°F) above the 20th century average of 15.9°C (60.7°F)
and the warmest March on record.