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April 2016 was the warmest April on record for the globe, making it the 12th consecutive month that earth has recorded its warmest respective month on record.

NOAA's global State of the Climate report released Wednesday found April's temperature over the Earth's surface was 1.10 degrees Celsius above the 20th century average. This crushed the previous warmest April set in 2010 by 0.28 degrees Celsius.

Defeating a previous record by a few tenths of a degree may not sound overwhelming, but in the world of climate statistics, computed from worldwide temperatures, this is yet another record-shattering figure.

The 12-month streak with record warm temperatures for the world is the longest stretch of months in a row that a global temperature record has been set in NOAA's dataset.

<img class="styles__noscript__2rw2y" src="undefined" srcset="undefined 400w, undefined 800w" > Darkest red shadings correspond to areas that had temperatures the farthest above average in April. (NOAA) (NOAA)

NOAA said that all six continents recorded at least a top nine warmest April. For Africa, Asia and South America, April was the warmest on record.

Some notable spots that observed record warmth in April include, northern and central South America, parts of southern Europe, western and central Africa, southeastern Asia, eastern Australia, southern Alaska, and the Caribbean.

Only a few places saw cooler than average conditions during the month. The most exceptional cold was in northeastern Canada which was 5 degrees Celsius below average (9 degrees Fahrenheit below average).

NASA and JMA Also Confirm Record Warm April

According to NASA's analysis, the global temperature departure in April was 1.11 degrees Celsius above the 1951-1980 average. This crushed the previous April record set in 2010 by 0.24 degrees Celsius. This also marks the seventh consecutive month in a row in NASA's dataset that the earth has recorded its warmest respective month on record.

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<img class="styles__noscript__2rw2y" src="undefined" srcset="undefined 400w, undefined 800w" > April 2016 temperature departures from average, in degrees Celsius, relative to 1951-1980 average. Brown/blue contours correspond to temperatures most above/below April averages. (NASA/GISS) (NASA/GISS)

Every month from October 2015-April 2016 has now had a departure of 1 degree Celsius or greater above the 1951-1980 average used by NASA. The departure from average in a single month had never exceeded 1 degree Celsius prior to October dating back to 1880.

Top Seven NASA Global Month Temperature Departure From Average (Degrees Celsius) Since 1880

February 2016 +1.33 ˚ Celsius March 2016 +1.29 ˚ Celsius January 2016 +1.11 ˚ Celsius April 2016 +1.11 ˚ Celsius December 2015 +1.10 ˚ Celsius October 2015 +1.07 ˚ Celsius November 2015 +1.01 ˚ Celsius

April 2016 also continues a string of 369 consecutive months at or warmer than average. The last colder-than-average month in NASA's database was July 1985

Parts of Alaska, Russia, western Greenland and northern Africa had a temperature departure of at least 4 degrees Celsius above the April average. A large portion of Asia, eastern Europe, Australia, northern Africa, Brazil, the northwestern United States, and western Canada had a temperature departure of 2 degrees Celsius or more above April's average.

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Though most of the world experienced warmer than average temperatures in April, there were a few cool spots. NASA's analysis showed that below-average temperatures were confined to parts of Antarctica, extreme southern South America, eastern Canada, and parts of the northern Pacific and northern Atlantic Oceans.

The Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA) also found April to be the globe's warmest on record dating to 1891. This is the twelfth month in a row a global temperature record has been set according to JMA's analysis.

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