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NOAA SST Jul 2013

Differences from average global sea surface temperatures for 30th of June to 27th of July 2013. Map courtesy of NOAA Climate Diagnostics Centre (http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/map/images/sst/sst.anom.month.gif).