The global average lower tropospheric temperature anomaly jumped up in March, 2012, to +0.11 deg. C. as La Nina conditions in the Pacific Ocean waned (click on the image for the full-size version):

The 3rd order polynomial fit to the data (courtesy of Excel) is for entertainment purposes only, and should not be construed as having any predictive value whatsoever.
Here are the monthly stats:
    YR  MON  GLOBAL   NH    SH    TROPICS
    2011    1  -0.010  -0.055   +0.036  -0.372
    2011    2  -0.020  -0.042   +0.002  -0.348
    2011    3  -0.101  -0.073  -0.128  -0.342
    2011    4   +0.117   +0.195   +0.039  -0.229
    2011    5   +0.133   +0.145   +0.121  -0.043
    2011    6   +0.315   +0.379   +0.250   +0.233
    2011    7   +0.374   +0.344   +0.404   +0.204
    2011    8   +0.327   +0.321   +0.332   +0.155
    2011    9   +0.289   +0.304   +0.274   +0.178
    2011   10   +0.116   +0.169   +0.062  -0.054
    2011   11   +0.123   +0.075   +0.170   +0.024
    2011   12   +0.126   +0.197   +0.055   +0.041
    2012   01   -0.090  -0.057  -0.123  -0.138
    2012   02   -0.112  -0.013  -0.212  -0.277
    2012   03   +0.108  +0.128  +0.089  -0.108
As a reminder, the most common reason for large month-to-month swings in global average temperature is small fluctuations in the rate of convective overturning of the troposphere, discussed here.

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