article_snippet.sent: Pictured is how the high temperatures affected different regions of the world .
article_snippet.sent: The warmth was spread fairly evenly across the hemispheres.
article_snippet.sent: Most land areas were warmer to much warmer than average, as shown by the Temperature Percentiles map on the right, with record warmth in parts of the western United States and Canada, various regions in eastern Africa, parts of Scandinavia and northwestern Russia, part of south central China, and an area of northeastern Australia .
article_snippet.sent: Seven western U.S. states set records for Seven western U.S. states hottest first three months of the year, while New York and Vermont set records for the coldest start of a year.
article_snippet.sent: The northeastern United States has been one of the few colder-than-normal spots on the globe with entire continents of Asia, Europe, Africa and Australia coming in solidly warmer than normal.