The Version 6.0 global average lower tropospheric temperature (LT) anomaly for March, 2017 was +0.19 deg. C, down from the February, 2017 value of +0.35 deg. C (click for full size version):



The global, hemispheric, and tropical LT anomalies from the 30-year (1981-2010) average for the last 15 months are:



YEAR MO GLOBE NHEM. SHEM. TROPICS

2016 01 +0.54 +0.69 +0.39 +0.84

2016 02 +0.83 +1.16 +0.50 +0.98

2016 03 +0.73 +0.94 +0.52 +1.08

2016 04 +0.71 +0.85 +0.58 +0.93

2016 05 +0.54 +0.64 +0.44 +0.71

2016 06 +0.33 +0.50 +0.17 +0.37

2016 07 +0.39 +0.48 +0.29 +0.47

2016 08 +0.43 +0.55 +0.31 +0.49

2016 09 +0.44 +0.49 +0.38 +0.37

2016 10 +0.40 +0.42 +0.39 +0.46

2016 11 +0.45 +0.40 +0.50 +0.37

2016 12 +0.24 +0.18 +0.30 +0.21

2017 01 +0.30 +0.26 +0.33 +0.07

2017 02 +0.35 +0.54 +0.15 +0.05

2017 03 +0.19 +0.30 +0.07 +0.03



The cooling in March occurred virtually everywhere, with 23 of the 26 subregions we track having cooler anomalies than in February.

The UAH LT global anomaly image for March, 2017 should be available in the next few days here.

The new Version 6 files should also be updated soon, and are located here:

Lower Troposphere: http://vortex.nsstc.uah.edu/data/msu/v6.0/tlt/uahncdc_lt_6.0.txt

Mid-Troposphere: http://vortex.nsstc.uah.edu/data/msu/v6.0/tmt/uahncdc_mt_6.0.txt

Tropopause: http://vortex.nsstc.uah.edu/data/msu/v6.0/ttp/uahncdc_tp_6.0.txt

Lower Stratosphere: http://vortex.nsstc.uah.edu/data/msu/v6.0/tls/uahncdc_ls_6.0.txt