April ERSST data also confirms that 60°S-60°N SSTs are the highest on record (but within the margin of error vs March 2016).

The ERSSTv5 trend is a bit lower than OISSTv2.1, so the recent much-publicized OISST records *may* be slightly overdone. pic.twitter.com/8KBzSxhZr4

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