April 2019 2nd-Warmest Global April In Meterological Records
April 2019 was the planet's second warmest April since record keeping began in 1880, said NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) on Monday. NASA also rated April 2019 as the second warmest April on record, behind 2016. Minor differences in rankings between NASA and NOAA can arise because of how they handle data-sparse regions such as the Arctic, where few surface weather stations exist. April 2019 was tied for having the 11th highest monthly temperature departure from average for any month in the NOAA record, and was the 12th warmest month in the NASA record (out of 1672 months). The top twelve hottest months on record have all occurred since 2015.
Global ocean temperatures during April 2019 were the second warmest on record, according to NOAA, and global land temperatures were the third warmest on record. The January through April year-to-date period was the third warmest on record. Global satellite-measured temperatures in April 2019 for the lowest 8 km of the atmosphere were the third warmest in the 41-year record, according to the University of Alabama Huntsville (UAH) and RSS.
Figure 1. Departure of temperature from average for April 2019, the second warmest April for the globe since record keeping began in 1880, according to NOAA. Record warm April temperatures were present across parts of Asia, Greenland, Scandinavia, Barents Sea, central Africa, and the Atlantic, western Indian, and the south Pacific oceans. No land or ocean areas had record cold April temperatures. Image credit: National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).
No billion-dollar weather disasters in April 2019
No billion-dollar weather-related disasters hit the Earth last month, according to the April 2019 Catastrophe Report from insurance broker Aon. However, damage claims from a March 23 – 25 severe weather outbreak in the U.S. pushed above the $1 billion threshold by the end of April, giving Earth eight billion-dollar weather disasters so far in 2019:
Flooding, Iran, 3/17 - 4/9, $8.3 billion, 77 killed
Flooding, Midwest U.S., 3/12 - 3/28, $5 billion, 5 killed
Flooding, Argentina, Uruguay, 1/1 - 1/20, $2.3 billion, 5 killed
Tropical Cyclone Idai, 3/3 - 3/18, $2 billion, 1007 killed
Flooding, Australia, 1/28 - 2/7, $1.75 billion, 3 killed
Wind Storm Eberhard, Central & Western Europe, 3/10, $1.5 billion, 2 killed
Severe Weather, Central/Eastern U.S., 2/22 - 2/26, $1.35 billion, 4 killed
Severe Weather, Plains, Midwest U.S., 3/23 – 3/25, $1.1 billion, 0 killed
The deadliest weather event of April was a storm system--known locally as a western disturbance—which spawned numerous clusters of thunderstorms across parts of Afghanistan, Pakistan, and northern India April 15-17, killing 146 people.
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https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/April-2019-Earths-2nd-Warmest-April-Record
