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NOAA SST Nov 2012

Differences from average global sea surface temperatures for 4th November to 1st December 2012. Map courtesy of NOAA Climate Diagnostics Centre (http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/map/images/sst/sst.anom.month.gif).