Of the many records broken this year, the most dramatic was in Shijiazhuang Hebei where the temperature soared to 30C on 17 March, more than six degrees higher than the previous high for that day.

在今年许多被打破的记录中，最引人注目的是河北省石家庄市3月17日的温度高达30摄氏度，比当日过往最高气温高出6度。

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A study this March of clamshells taken from Iceland found that the levels of oxygen isotopes in the shell layers varied depending on the temperature of the water in which they formed.

今年3月，通过对冰岛一带贝壳的研究发现，其硬壳氧同位素的水平会随水温的变化而产生差异。

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The project, ’High-temperature in-situ monitoring of power-station steels using electromagnetic sensors’ (POWEREMS) is expected to produce results by March 2013.

该项目（使用非接触式电磁传感器监测电站钢结构）将于2013年五月完成验收。

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The Met Office said last month was the coldest March since 1962 with an average temperature of 2.2 degrees.

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The main reason for the low temperatures in spring was a colder than usual March, which had a mean temperature of 2.2C to 3.3C below the long-term average.

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That record will not be broken this year, but the more recent cold March of 1987 looks under threat - its mean temperature was 3.3C.

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