The global average temperature that month was 0.85 degrees Celsius (1.53°F) above the 20th-century average.
Damage from an EF3 tornado that devastated portions of Calhoun County, Alabama, on March 25, 2021, killing five and injuring 10. Five separate U.S. severe weather outbreaks in March caused over $1 billion in insured damages, cumulatively. March also featured the first EF4 tornado of the year: a 170-mph twister that hit Georgia March 25-26. (Image credit: National Weather Service, Birmingham, Alabama)
March 2021 was the eighth-warmest March since global record-keeping began in 1880, 0.85 degrees Celsius (1.53°F) above the 20th-century average, NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, NCEI, reported April 13. NASA also rated March 2021 as the eighth warmest March on record.