This March was the second-warmest March in 137 years, because why stop now?

So much for a global warming slowdown. New data released on Friday shows that March 2017 was the second-warmest on record, behind March of last year. The global average surface temperature was 1.12 degrees Celsius, or 2.016 degrees Fahrenheit, warmer than the 1951-1980 average.  The two top March temperature anomalies have occurred during the past two years. SEE ALSO: Earth just had its second-warmest February on record March of last year was the hottest such month on record, with a tempera