A Cool March, Globally

A University of Alabama-Huntsville study concludes that March 2011 was one of the cooler ones in recent memory across the globe. Here is the full article found on http://www.icecap.us/:

The UAH March numbers are in. March 2011 was coolest in more than a decade.

Global Temperature Report: March 2011
Global composite temp.: -0.10 C (about 0.18 degrees Fahrenheit) below the 30-year average for March.
Northern Hemisphere: -0.07 C (about 0.13 degrees Fahrenheit) below 30-year average for March.
Southern Hemisphere: -0.13 C (about 0.23 degrees Fahrenheit) below 30-year average for March.
Tropics: -0.35 C (about 0.63 degrees Fahrenheit) below 30-year average for March.
Driven by the La Nina Pacific Ocean cooling event, global average temperatures in March 2011 were the coolest March since 1999, according to Dr. John Christy, professor of atmospheric science and director of the Earth System Science Center at The University of Alabama in Huntsville.
It was the fifth coolest March in the tropics, where the average temperature fell 0.35 C (about 0.63 degrees Fahrenheit) below seasonal norms. Three of the five coldest tropical Marches in the 33-year satellite temperature record have happened in the past dozen years: 5th, 2011, -0.35 C: 3rd, 2000, -0.42; and 2nd, 2008, -0.58 C.