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This display shows the NOAA climate digest for November 2013.
The climate digest summarizes noteworthy statistics for the month, season, and year.
The average global land and ocean temperature for November was the warmest November since
records began in 1880.
Parts of the western United States experienced continued below-average precipitation.
Meanwhile, Alaska experienced its wettest November since records began in 1918.
A big story in November for east Asia was Typhoon Haiyan (Hi- yahn). With maximum winds
of 315 kilometers per hour, Hiayn made landfall in the Philippines early in the month, killing
over 6,000 people, making it the deadliest typhoon on record for the Philippines.
Meanwhile, Russia observed its warmest November since records began in 1891.
Also, whereas Spain experienced above average temperatures for October, the country had
its coolest November since 1985.
This real-time dataset is updated monthly and shows the global land and ocean temperature
anomalies. Anomalies are simply departures from average.
Blue portions of the map, as seen in the Southeastern United States, indicate below average temperatures
throughout November 2013.
Red portions of the map, as seen in Russia, highlight regions around the world that experienced
above average warmth.
White indicates near average conditions.
This real-time dataset shows sea surface temperature anomalies measured by NOAA satellites. Blue
colors indicate cooler than normal ocean temperatures, whereas red indicates warmer than normal ocean
temperatures.
Globally, the ocean surface temperatures tied with 2009 as the third warmest November on
record.
In the eastern tropical Pacific, NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center predicts that neutral
El Niño – La Niña conditions will continue into the northern hemisphere summer.
This real-time dataset collected by microwave sensors on NOAA satellites shows snow and
ice cover updated daily. Watch the progression of days and note the retreat and expansion
of snowfall.
The November sea ice extent for the Arctic was the sixth lowest since satellite records
began in 1979.
Finally, we’ll move to Antarctica and discover that its sea ice extent was the largest on
record.
And that’s your November 2013 climate digest!
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