Highlights
Map of sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies (relative to 1961-1990) expressed as percentiles of a modified 2-parameter gamma distribution. The black crosses and dashes indicate that a pixel is, respectively, the warmest or coldest example of that calendar month in the record. Coloured areas are significantly warm (orange and red) or cool (blue and magenta).
Notes
Record highs, expressed as percentiles of a modified 2-parameter gamma distribution, numbered 32, while record lows numbered 4.The source article Met Office Hadley Centre observations datasets was published February, 2011 by Met Office Hadley Centre .
