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NOAA SST Jan 2014

Differences from average global sea surface temperatures for 2nd of February 2014 to 1st of March 2014. Map courtesy of NOAA Climate Diagnostics Centre (http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/map/images/sst/sst.anom.month.gif).