Temperature records being broken in April is not a good sign

 

 I didn't know this, though (from a Washington Post article about the current Asian heatwave):

April and May are typically Thailand’s hottest months, but the heat fueled the country’s all-time hottest temperature late last week.

But it has more on records being broken in China:

Meanwhile, hundreds of weather stations across China have seen their warmest April temperatures on record. Climate specialist Jim Yang tweeted that 109 weather stations across 12 provinces broke their record for high temperature for April on Monday. An additional nine stations tied their April record for high temperature.

In another tweet, Yang noted that Monday’s high of 101 degrees (38.2 Celsius) in Yunhe was the highest April temperature on record in the Zhejiang province, beating the previous record by 1.6 Celsius, while Hangzhou reached 95 degrees (35 Celsius) for the first time ever in April. All that was after the temperature climbed past 95 degrees in 10 Chinese provinces on Sunday, according to Yang.