Global temperature, Apr 1959

Global anomaly+0.16°C1951–1980

Rank among all Aprs53 / 147warmest first

N. Hemisphere+0.22°C

S. Hemisphere+0.09°C

vs same month last year+0.15°C

CO₂ (Mauna Loa)317.72 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+0.16°C

Same month, previous year+0.01°C

Same month 10 years earlier−0.11°C

Same month 50 years earlier−0.60°C

Apr average 1991–2020+0.63°C

Warmest Apr on record (2024)+1.32°C

Year	Global	NH	SH	Rank
1949	−0.11°C	−0.03°C	−0.19°C	86
1950	−0.21°C	−0.22°C	−0.20°C	101
1951	−0.14°C	+0.07°C	−0.35°C	93
1952	+0.03°C	+0.18°C	−0.10°C	71
1953	+0.19°C	+0.41°C	−0.01°C	48
1954	−0.14°C	−0.01°C	−0.27°C	92
1955	−0.22°C	−0.24°C	−0.22°C	105
1956	−0.28°C	−0.26°C	−0.30°C	113
1957	±0.00°C	−0.09°C	+0.09°C	74
1958	+0.01°C	+0.03°C	+0.01°C	72
1959	+0.16°C	+0.22°C	+0.09°C	53
1960	−0.15°C	−0.12°C	−0.17°C	94
1961	+0.13°C	+0.14°C	+0.12°C	57
1962	+0.05°C	+0.22°C	−0.13°C	68
1963	−0.07°C	+0.04°C	−0.19°C	83
1964	−0.32°C	−0.30°C	−0.32°C	128
1965	−0.19°C	−0.26°C	−0.12°C	98
1966	−0.13°C	−0.22°C	−0.03°C	89
1967	−0.05°C	+0.05°C	−0.14°C	77
1968	−0.06°C	±0.00°C	−0.11°C	78
1969	+0.17°C	+0.03°C	+0.31°C	51

Rank 585 of all 1760 months on record. Temperatures are anomalies vs the 1951–1980 average (NASA GISTEMP v4); values can be revised later.