New map shows just how extreme weather was during February

New map shows just how extreme last month was for the planet | CNN Soaring temperatures. Unusually hot oceans. Record high levels of carbon pollution in the atmosphere and record low levels of Antarctic ice. Rachel Ramirez CNN

If last month being the planet’s hottest February — the ninth month in a row that a monthly record tumbled — failed to resonate, a new map from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows all the ways the extreme warmth translated to impacts around the world.

The map shows the world’s most significant “climate anomalies,” or weather events that were unexpected for this time of year.