Global temperature, Mar 1959

Global anomaly+0.18°C1951–1980

Rank among all Mars52 / 147warmest first

N. Hemisphere+0.33°C

S. Hemisphere+0.02°C

vs same month last year+0.10°C

CO₂ (Mauna Loa)316.65 ppm

All months of 1959

Jan+0.08°C

Feb+0.07°C

Mar ◀+0.18°C

Apr+0.16°C

May+0.04°C

Jun+0.03°C

Jul+0.03°C

Aug−0.01°C

Sep−0.06°C

Oct−0.07°C

Nov−0.08°C

Dec±0.00°C

This month+0.18°C

Same month, previous year+0.08°C

Same month 10 years earlier−0.02°C

Same month 50 years earlier−0.55°C

Mar average 1991–2020+0.69°C

Warmest Mar on record (2024)+1.40°C

Year	Global	NH	SH	Rank
1949	−0.02°C	+0.04°C	−0.08°C	78
1950	−0.08°C	+0.06°C	−0.22°C	83
1951	−0.20°C	−0.18°C	−0.22°C	102
1952	−0.08°C	−0.22°C	+0.07°C	82
1953	+0.11°C	+0.25°C	−0.02°C	55
1954	−0.15°C	−0.16°C	−0.13°C	95
1955	−0.32°C	−0.43°C	−0.22°C	126
1956	−0.21°C	−0.23°C	−0.19°C	104
1957	−0.05°C	−0.10°C	±0.00°C	81
1958	+0.08°C	+0.16°C	+0.01°C	62
1959	+0.18°C	+0.33°C	+0.02°C	52
1960	−0.35°C	−0.40°C	−0.29°C	130
1961	+0.09°C	+0.22°C	−0.04°C	60
1962	+0.10°C	+0.30°C	−0.10°C	57
1963	−0.14°C	−0.11°C	−0.16°C	92
1964	−0.21°C	−0.32°C	−0.10°C	103
1965	−0.13°C	−0.10°C	−0.16°C	90
1966	+0.03°C	±0.00°C	+0.08°C	73
1967	+0.05°C	+0.23°C	−0.14°C	67
1968	+0.20°C	+0.44°C	−0.04°C	48
1969	+0.01°C	−0.20°C	+0.22°C	75

Rank 565 of all 1760 months on record. Temperatures are anomalies vs the 1951–1980 average (NASA GISTEMP v4); values can be revised later.