{"id":9497,"date":"2026-05-04T14:09:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T14:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/?p=9497"},"modified":"2026-05-04T14:09:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T14:09:54","slug":"whiplash-weather-europe-hit-with-second-warmest-march-on-record-after-exceptionally-wet-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/2026\/05\/04\/whiplash-weather-europe-hit-with-second-warmest-march-on-record-after-exceptionally-wet-february\/","title":{"rendered":"Whiplash weather: Europe hit with second-warmest March on record after &#8216;exceptionally wet&#8217; February"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Europe experienced its second-warmest March on record following an exceptionally wet February that caused widespread flooding in the Mediterranean. Average temperatures were significantly above historical norms, with most regions experiencing warmer-than-average conditions. The data also show near-record global sea temperatures and a likely transition toward El Ni\u00f1o later in the year. Experts warn that these patterns reflect a climate system under sustained pressure. The findings reinforce calls for accelerated reductions in fossil fuel use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> April 10, 2026. <strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2026\/04\/10\/whiplash-weather-europe-hit-with-second-warmest-march-on-record-after-exceptionally-wet-fe\">euronews.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Europe experienced its second-warmest March on record following an exceptionally wet February that caused widespread flooding in the Mediterranean. Average temperatures were significantly above historical norms, with most regions experiencing warmer-than-average conditions. The data also show near-record global sea temperatures and a likely transition toward El Ni\u00f1o later in the year. Experts warn that these [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":9489,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-climate-crisis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9497"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9665,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9497\/revisions\/9665"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}