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UAH Global Temperature March 2026
Started by metmike - April 4, 2026, 1:45 p.m.
https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/119229/
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The UAH global temperature stats have always been out by the 4th, so I'm not sure what the temporary delay is.
However, April 2026 was an usual month for much of the United States.
Here in Evansville, IN it was our warmest April in history!!
https://www.weather.gov/pah/April2026ClimateSummary
Temperatures averaged well above normal by 7 to 8 degrees. This was the warmest April on record for many locations in our region, including 4 of our 5 climate sites. 80s were a common occurrence with Paducah and Evansville registering 15 such days. An average April typically sees around 4 to 6 days reaching 80. There were only 8 days that finished below normal, the 5th-7th, 18th-20th, and 29th-30th. Temperatures dipped into the 30s several of these nights. There were 6 daily record highs and 24 record warm lows across our 5 climate stations for the month.
The 6 month period from November through April officially finished as the 2nd driest on record in Paducah, Cape Girardeau, and Carbondale. Amounts were generally 8 to 15 inches below normal in this 6 month period.
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The epicenter of the positive temperature anomalies below was on top of Evansville, IN!
https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/tanal/temp_analyses.php
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Interestingly, there were negative temp anomalies along the Canadian border that caused some EXTREME temperature gradients at times between the very warm south and cold north. This was a continuation of the pattern earlier this year that featured record warmth in the southern parts of the US and near record cold in Alaska/Canada with some of the cold spilling south of the border at times. This extreme temperature gradient resulted in an extreme pressure gradient(warm air=light/lower pressures, cold air=heavy/higher pressure and the contrast fueling low pressure storms) and record windy months.