On 1 July 2025, NIWA merged with GNS Science to become Earth Sciences New Zealand.

May 2013 SST anom

Surface temperature anomalies (ºC) for May 2013, data is from the NOAA OISST Version 2 dataset, available at the NOAA’s Climate Data Center (ftp.cdc.noaa.gov/Datasets/noaa.oisst.v2.highres).