Analysis by the NOAA National Climatic Data Center revealed that April’s global average temperature was the warmest on record. Combined land and ocean temperatures were 58.1°F (14.5°C), which is 1.37°F (0.76°C) above the 20th Century climatic average. Additionally, the period of January through April, 2010 was also the warmest global average temperature on record. These record highs manifested quited visibly in North America by the rapid melting of record breaking snow depths and extents that fell during December and January of this past year.

This animation shows the global temperature anomalies for both the January through April period, daily imagery of snowfall extent from December through April as observed by the GOES, POES, and DMSP satellites, along with the April global temperature anomaly.

credit: NOAA

via : NOAA: April 2010 Climate – Warmest on Record

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