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Alternate Text: Temperature anomalies at depth in the Pacific ocean from late 2023 to January 2024. Blue colors spread eastward at depth representing below-average temperature. Red areas representing above-average temperature remain closer to the surface across the central/eastern Pacific ocean.
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Temperature anomalies at depth in the Pacific ocean from late 2023 to January 2024. Blue colors spread eastward at depth representing below-average temperature. Red areas representing above-average temperature remain closer to the surface across the central/eastern Pacific ocean.

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Water temperatures in the top 300 meters (1,000 feet) of the tropical Pacific Ocean compared to the 1991–2020 average in December 2023–January 2024. NOAA Climate.gov animation, based on data from NOAA's Climate Prediction Center.