Monthly Report on Global Extreme Climate Events

Extreme climate events and weather-related disasters during this period

Monthly mean temperatures were extremely high from southern India to southern Pakistan, from southeastern Europe to northern Western Africa, in southern Brazil and from southeastern to western Australia.
Monthly precipitation amounts were extremely high in and around southern Central Siberia, in and around western Indonesia, in and around the western Mediterranean Sea and from southern Bolivia to Paraguay.
Monthly precipitation amounts were extremely low from northern to central Europe and from Uzbekistan to Turkey.

	Type	Area	Remarks
1	Wet	In and around southern Central Siberia
2	Wildfire	Southern Korea	It was reported that wildfires caused at least 30 fatalities in southern Korea (EM-DAT, European Commission).
3	Wet	In and around western Indonesia
4	Warm	From southern India to southern Pakistan
5	Dry	From Uzbekistan to Turkey
6	Warm	From southeastern Europe to northern Western Africa	The monthly mean temperature in Serbia was the third highest on record for March since 1951 (Republic Hydrometeorological service of Serbia). The monthly mean temperature in Romania was the highest on record for March since 1901 (National Meteorological Administration, Romania).
7	Dry	From northern to central Europe
8	Wet	In and around the western Mediterranean Sea	The monthly precipitation amount in Spain was the third highest on record for March since 1961 (The State Meteorological Agency, Spain).
9	Severe weather	The southern USA	It was reported that severe weathers caused at least 40 fatalities in the southern USA (FEMA, European Commission).
10	Warm	Southern Brazil
11	Wet	From southern Bolivia to Paraguay
12	Heavy Rain	Northern Argentina	It was reported that heavy rains caused at least 120 fatalities in northern Argentina (EM-DAT).
13	Warm	From southeastern to western Australia	The monthly mean temperature in Australia was the highest on record for March since 1910 (Bureau of Meteorology, Australia).