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Month of Maximum and Minimum Climatological Monthly Sea Surface Temperature and Annual Range

MONTH OF MAXIMUM SST

MONTH OF MINIMUM SST

SST ANNUAL RANGE

Data:   Reynolds and Smith Version 2 monthly sea surface temperature climatology (deg. C) on a 1.0 x 1.0 deg. lat/lon grid Base Period for Climatology:  1971-2000 Data Source:  NCEP, Environmental Monitoring Center Description:  The maps show the month of the year with the maximum (top) and minimum (middle) monthly mean sea surface temperatures (SSTs), and the annual range (bottom, in deg. C) in the 1971-2000 climatology. NCEP is an acronym for the US National Centers for Environmental Prediction.