Washington ? Last month was the warmest April on record for the United States, offering many Americans a pleasant spring month.

For the 48 contiguous states the average temperature was 4.5 degrees Fahrenheit above normal for the month, the National Climatic Data Center reported Tuesday.

That made it the nation’s warmest April since record keeping began in 1895.

Worldwide it was also an above normal month, but not a record-breaker, finishing as the seventh-warmest April globally, according to the Data Center, a branch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The warmth led to below-normal home energy demand for the month, the agency added.

The warmth was particularly noted in Texas and Oklahoma which had their warmest April on record.

For New Mexico, Kansas, Arkansas, Missouri and Tennessee it was the second-warmest April.