Climate Assessment Table of Contents

Surface Temperatures

 

FIG. 2. Annual averages of combined land-air temperature and SST anomalies (°C): (a) 20°–90°N, (b) 20°S–20°N, and (c) 20°–90°S. Anomalies are departures from the 1880–1998 base period means. [Source: National Climatic Data Center.]