The Version 6.0 global average lower tropospheric temperature (LT) anomaly for March, 2017 was +0.19 deg. C, down from the February, 2017 value of +0.35 deg. C (click for full size version):

The global, hemispheric, and tropical LT anomalies from the 30-year (1981-2010) average for the last 15 months are:
    YEAR    MO   GLOBE   NHEM.   SHEM.   TROPICS
    2016    01   +0.54   +0.69   +0.39   +0.84
    2016    02   +0.83   +1.16   +0.50   +0.98
    2016    03   +0.73   +0.94   +0.52   +1.08
    2016    04   +0.71   +0.85   +0.58   +0.93
    2016    05   +0.54   +0.64   +0.44   +0.71
    2016    06   +0.33   +0.50   +0.17   +0.37
    2016    07   +0.39   +0.48   +0.29   +0.47
    2016    08   +0.43   +0.55   +0.31   +0.49
    2016    09   +0.44   +0.49   +0.38   +0.37
    2016    10   +0.40   +0.42   +0.39   +0.46
    2016    11   +0.45   +0.40   +0.50   +0.37
    2016    12   +0.24   +0.18   +0.30   +0.21
    2017    01   +0.30   +0.26   +0.33   +0.07
    2017    02   +0.35   +0.54   +0.15   +0.05
    2017    03   +0.19   +0.30   +0.07   +0.03
The cooling in March occurred virtually everywhere, with 23 of the 26 subregions we track having cooler anomalies than in February.
The UAH LT global anomaly image for March, 2017 should be available in the next few days here.
The new Version 6 files should also be updated soon, and are located here:
Lower Troposphere: http://vortex.nsstc.uah.edu/data/msu/v6.0/tlt/uahncdc_lt_6.0.txt
Mid-Troposphere:  http://vortex.nsstc.uah.edu/data/msu/v6.0/tmt/uahncdc_mt_6.0.txt
Tropopause:  http://vortex.nsstc.uah.edu/data/msu/v6.0/ttp/uahncdc_tp_6.0.txt
Lower Stratosphere: http://vortex.nsstc.uah.edu/data/msu/v6.0/tls/uahncdc_ls_6.0.txt

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