February 2015

Over land areas, February 2015 was unusually warm across most land areas with the largest anomalies over Asia and the western half of north America. Across Russia, from Karelia to Kamchatka and from Tiksi to Sochi new daily and monthly temperature records were set (http://www.meteoinfo.ru/climate/climat-tabl3/-2015-/10674–2015). In contrast, the eastern half of north America was unusually cold. Areas of north Africa and southwest Europe, Greenland, Antarctica, and small areas of southern Africa and South America were also cooler than average.

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