National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationClimate of 2000August in Historical Perspective National Climatic Data Center
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The blended satellite and in-situ temperature product above, shows several large monthly anomalies across the globe. The largest contrast in temperatures was across North America. Cold anomalies were noted across much of western Canada and Alaska, in contrast, the central Plains of the U.S. experienced some of the warmest anomalies found on the globe. Across the rest of the Northern Hemisphere, warm anomalies were observed over western Siberia, eastern China, Japan, and parts of eastern Europe. Cool anomalies were noted across much of Africa, northern Europe, eastern Siberia and Australia. For the second month in a row, no significant warm anomalies were observed across the major land areas south of the equator. Additional details and global regional information are available in other sections of this report.
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Jay Lawrimore
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