![map showing global temperature patterns in winter 2022-23](/sites/default/files/2023-03/ENSOblog_DJF_global-temp-anom_20230309.png)
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Global temperature patterns during December–February 2022–23. Temperature is shown as the departure from the long-term (1991–2020) average. Red indicates warmer-than-average and blue indicates cooler-than-average conditions. Climate.gov figure from CPC CAMS data, obtained from the IRI Data Library.