{"id":1876180,"date":"2026-04-10T12:46:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T09:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1876180"},"modified":"2026-04-10T12:46:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T09:46:18","slug":"whiplash-weather-europe-hit-with-second-warmest-march-on-record-after-exceptionally-wet-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1876180","title":{"rendered":"Whiplash weather: Europe hit with second-warmest March on record after &#8216;exceptionally wet&#8217; February"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/71\/69\/82\/1200x675_cmsv2_d9bfe1d6-0d8a-5726-a0dd-213d0fb53b6e-9716982.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"abe-2885295-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1 the-media-object--has-video\" data-nid=\"2885295\" data-cid=\"9718016\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2885295-label-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/71\/80\/16\/189x106_cmsv2_9a120e2b-9ab6-5a28-b502-157b7a1af4d6-9718016.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Latest news bulletin | April 10th, 2026 \u2013 Evening\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Top News Stories Today<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Latest news bulletin | April 10th, 2026 \u2013 Evening\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2885272-pos2-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2885272\" data-cid=\"9717866\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2885272-label-pos2-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/71\/77\/80\/189x106_cmsv2_09ca9da7-a5c8-5d67-bf53-54f6aa9b2ecf-9717780.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"ARCHIVES - A woman holds a photo of Benjamin Bri\u00e8re during a rally in Paris, France, on Saturday 8 January 2022. \" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    France<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    French former hostage In Iran faces surreal tax troubles after release\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2885269-pos3-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2885269\" data-cid=\"9717775\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2885269-label-pos3-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/71\/77\/75\/189x106_cmsv2_6c1e5364-3a6e-5830-963c-81ad4e256953-9717775.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Bafta apologises for events surrounding John Davidson\u2019s Tourette\u2019s outburst\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Culture news<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Bafta apologises over N-word incident after independent review\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2885276-pos4-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2885276\" data-cid=\"9717816\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2885276-label-pos4-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/71\/78\/16\/189x106_cmsv2_61fc6b03-5e7a-5b41-9510-cf0f80901940-9717816.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"P\u00e9ter Magyar speaks during the party's campaign opener. 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Budapest, Hungary on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026..\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    The Cube<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Russian propaganda unit targets Hungary\u2019s elections\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"helper-site-row o-article-newsy\">\n<div class=\"helper-site-container o-article-newsy__container\">\n<div class=\"o-article-newsy__main\">\n<header class=\"h-grid o-article-newsy__main__header\">\n<nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumbs\" class=\"c-article-breadcrumbs\">\n<div id=\"adb-article-breadcrumb\" class=\"c-article-breadcrumbs__list\">\n<p>                          Earth<\/p>\n<p>                          Climate<\/p><\/div>\n<\/nav>\n<h1 class=\"c-article-redesign-title\">\n                            Whiplash weather: Europe hit with second-warmest March on record after &#8216;exceptionally wet&#8217; February<\/h1>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-video u-position-relative \">\n<div class=\"js-superdiv u-aspect-ratio-16x9 u-position-relative \" data-sponsored=\"Partner content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-poster-img c-article-media__img\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/71\/69\/82\/1536x864_cmsv2_d9bfe1d6-0d8a-5726-a0dd-213d0fb53b6e-9716982.jpg\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\" A couple walk at the salt lake during sunset in southeast coastal city of Larnaca in southeast Mediterranean island of Cyprus, on Sept. 5, 2022.\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-caption u-position-absolute\"><i id=\"article-caption-content\" class=\"c-article-caption__content\"><span class=\"c-article-caption__text\"><br \/>\n               A couple walk at the salt lake during sunset in southeast coastal city of Larnaca in southeast Mediterranean island of Cyprus, on Sept. 5, 2022.<br \/>\n                    <span class=\"u-color-white\">&#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__copyright\">Copyright\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__credit\">Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-copyright c-article-image-copyright--novideo\">\n      Copyright\u00a0Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"h-grid o-article-newsy__main__body u-article-content\">\n<div class=\"o-article-newsy__contributors-publication-date\">\n<div class=\"c-article-contributors\">\n  By&amp;nbspLiam Gilliver\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-publication-date\" data-timestamp=\"1775825178\">\n         Published on<br \/>\n            <time datetime=\"2026-04-10 14:46:18 +02:00\">10\/04\/2026 &#8211; 14:46 GMT+2<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-partage-commentaire u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span class=\"c-article-partage-commentaire__links u-align-items-center u-display-flex u-justify-content-center js-c-article-partage-commentaire-share\"><span>Share<\/span><\/span><span>Comments<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-partage-commentaire-popup-overlay js-c-article-partage-commentaire-popup-overlay u-display-none\">\n<div id=\"js-c-article-partage-commentaire-popup\" class=\"c-article-partage-commentaire-popup 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loading=\"lazy\"><span>Threads<\/span><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-threads.svg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"threads\" class=\"u-show-for-desktop\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"u-display-flex u-gap-1 u-show-for-mobile-only\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-whatsapp.svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" alt=\"whatsapp\" loading=\"lazy\"><span>Whatsapp<\/span><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-whatsapp.svg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"whatsapp\" class=\"u-show-for-desktop\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"c-article-summary\">\n        The EU&#8217;s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) says global sea surface temperatures also reflect a \u201clikely transition\u201d toward El Ni\u00f1o conditions.<br \/>\n    <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-content c-article-content--earth js-article-content\">\n<p>Following an \u201cexceptionally wet\u201d February that triggered floods across the Mediterranean, Europe has witnessed its second-warmest March on record.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>New data from the EU\u2019s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), implemented by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), found that March 2026 was globally the fourth-warmest on record \u2013 with surface air temperature hitting 1.48\u2103 above pre-industrial levels.<\/p>\n<p>C3S also confirmed that March had its second-warmest global sea surface temperature on record, reflecting a \u201clikely transition\u201d toward El Ni\u00f1o conditions. <\/p>\n<h2>Which parts of Europe warmed the most?<\/h2>\n<p>The average temperature over European land for March 2026 was the warmest at 5.88\u2103. This is a 2.27\u2103 increase compared to the 1991-2020 average for March, but doesn\u2019t beat last year\u2019s record-shattering temperature. <\/p>\n<p>Almost the whole of Europe experienced warmer-than-average temperatures, with the most pronounced conditions occurring over northwest Russia, northern Fennoscandia, and the Baltic States. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSlightly cooler-than-average conditions were seen over T\u00fcrkiye, southern Europe and most of Iceland,\u201d C3S found. <\/p>\n<p>Much of mainland Europe also saw drier-than-average conditions. In contrast, Iceland, the northern UK, much of Scandinavia, many regions in the Mediterranean and the Caucasus were wetter than average. Heavy precipitation, often associated with the transit of storms, led to flooding in several nations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id data-event=\"widget_related\">\n<div class=\"c-widget-related__title\"><b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b><\/div>\n<ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">Germany has become a leader in plug-in solar. What\u2019s taking other European countries so long?<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">From EV stations to heat pump grants: Inside France\u2019s \u20ac240m plan to reduce its fossil fuel reliance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Outside of Europe, warmer-than-average temperatures were recorded across the US, where a prolonged heatwave sweltered the western part of the country. Much of the Arctic, northeast Russia and parts of Antarctica also experienced warmer-than-average temperatures.<\/p>\n<p>Unusually cold conditions spread across Alaska, the majority of Canada, as well as southern Greenland and northwest Siberia. <\/p>\n<p>According to C3S, the average sea surface temperature (SST) for March 2026 was 20.97\u2103, the second-highest value on record for the month. The warmest March on record was in 2024, during the last El Ni\u00f1o event.<\/p>\n<p>However, experts predict a transition from neutral to El Ni\u00f1o is now brewing for the second half of the year. Some meteorologists predict that a typical El Ni\u00f1o event tends to cause a temporary 0.1-0.2\u2103 increase in the global mean temperature.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe daily SST steadily increased through March and is approaching the record values set in 2024,\u201d C3S states. <\/p>\n<h2>\u2018A climate system under pressure\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cEach figure is striking on its own \u2013 together, they paint a picture of a climate system under sustained and accelerating pressure,\u201d says Carlo Buontempo, director of C3S at ECMWF.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReliable data, produced operationally from billions of measurements across satellites, ships, aircraft and weather stations, is no longer a scientific luxury. It is the essential foundation for any serious climate adaptation and policy response.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>A shift away from polluting fossil fuels<\/h2>\n<p>C3S\u2019 data has reignited calls to move away from fossil fuels, which are the leading cause of global warming. <\/p>\n<p>According to the UN, coal, oil and gas account for around 68 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions and nearly 90 per cent of all carbon dioxide emissions. GHG emissions blanket the Earth, trapping the sun\u2019s heat \u2013 resulting in increased surface air temperature. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmidst a fossil fuel crisis, it\u2019s a reminder too that the solutions to the climate crisis align with those to wean us off reliance on volatile fossil fuels,\u201d says Gareth Redmond-King of the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only solution to climate change is to cut emissions to net zero, and the tools to achieve that are the same renewable technologies which shift our energy system towards reliance on free and abundant wind and sun, and away from expensive imported oil and gas from the Middle East.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                          Go to accessibility shortcuts<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-article-partage-commentaire u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span class=\"c-article-partage-commentaire__links u-align-items-center u-display-flex u-justify-content-center 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m-modeXL-3 the-media-object--has-related the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2884881\" data-cid=\"9715716\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    France is turning its back on fossil fuels \u2013 with a \u20ac240m plan<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2884840-pos3-mostViewed\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-3 m-modeDesktop-3 m-modeXL-3 the-media-object--has-video the-media-object--has-related the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2884840\" data-cid=\"9715504\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Inside the world&#8217;s first facility to bury nuclear waste in Finland<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2884115-pos4-mostViewed\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-3 m-modeDesktop-3 m-modeXL-3 the-media-object--has-related the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2884115\" data-cid=\"9711950\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    How Germany proved that plug-in solar is worth the investment<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2881873-pos5-mostViewed\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-3 m-modeDesktop-3 m-modeXL-3 the-media-object--has-video the-media-object--has-related the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2881873\" data-cid=\"9705281\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Inside Portugal&#8217;s \u20ac111m battle to stop its beaches from vanishing<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"articleBody\" data-key=\"articleBody\">Following an \u201cexceptionally wet\u201d February that triggered floods across the Mediterranean, Europe has witnessed its second-warmest March on record.New data from the EU\u2019s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), implemented by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), found that March 2026 was globally the fourth-warmest on record \u2013 with surface air temperature hitting 1.48\u2103 above pre-industrial levels.C3S also confirmed that March had its second-warmest global sea surface temperature on record, reflecting a \u201clikely transition\u201d toward El Ni\u00f1o conditions.\u00a0Which parts of Europe warmed the most?The average temperature over European land for March 2026 was the warmest at 5.88\u2103. This is a 2.27\u2103 increase compared to the 1991-2020 average for March, but doesn\u2019t beat last year\u2019s record-shattering temperature.\u00a0Almost the whole of Europe experienced warmer-than-average temperatures, with the most pronounced conditions occurring over northwest Russia, northern Fennoscandia, and the Baltic States.\u00a0\u201cSlightly cooler-than-average conditions were seen over T\u00fcrkiye, southern Europe and most of Iceland,\u201d C3S found.\u00a0Much of mainland Europe also saw drier-than-average conditions. In contrast, Iceland, the northern UK, much of Scandinavia, many regions in the Mediterranean and the Caucasus were wetter than average. Heavy precipitation, often associated with the transit of storms, led to flooding in several nations.Outside of Europe, warmer-than-average temperatures were recorded across the US, where a prolonged heatwave sweltered the western part of the country. Much of the Arctic, northeast Russia and parts of Antarctica also experienced warmer-than-average temperatures.Unusually cold conditions spread across Alaska, the majority of Canada, as well as southern Greenland and northwest Siberia.\u00a0According to C3S, the average sea surface temperature (SST) for March 2026 was 20.97\u2103, the second-highest value on record for the month. The warmest March on record was in 2024, during the last El Ni\u00f1o event.However, experts predict a transition from neutral to El Ni\u00f1o is now brewing for the second half of the year. Some meteorologists predict that a typical El Ni\u00f1o event tends to cause a temporary 0.1-0.2\u2103 increase in the global mean temperature.\u201cThe daily SST steadily increased through March and is approaching the record values set in 2024,\u201d C3S states.\u00a0\u2018A climate system under pressure\u2019\u201cEach figure is striking on its own \u2013 together, they paint a picture of a climate system under sustained and accelerating pressure,\u201d says Carlo Buontempo, director of C3S at ECMWF.\u201cReliable data, produced operationally from billions of measurements across satellites, ships, aircraft and weather stations, is no longer a scientific luxury. It is the essential foundation for any serious climate adaptation and policy response.\u201dA shift away from polluting fossil fuelsC3S\u2019 data has reignited calls to move away from fossil fuels, which are the leading cause of global warming.\u00a0According to the UN, coal, oil and gas account for around 68 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions and nearly 90 per cent of all carbon dioxide emissions. 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