Satellite observations of night time sea-

surface temperature (SST) for three

2001-2002 different2009-2010
time periods 2013-Present
Date SST (°C) Date SST (°C) Date
1/6/2001 20.8 1/5/2009 22.6 1/3/2013
1/9/2001 22.3 1/8/2009 22.6 1/7/2013
1/16/2001 22.2 1/12/2009 23.6 1/10/2013
1/20/2001 21.9 1/15/2009 23.6 1/14/2013
1/23/2001 23.3 1/19/2009 23.6 1/17/2013
1/27/2001 23.1 1/22/2009 26.2 1/21/2013
1/30/2001 23.2 1/26/2009 26.3 1/24/2013
2/3/2001 24 1/29/2009 25 1/28/2013
2/6/2001 24.3 2/2/2009 25.3 1/31/2013
2/10/2001 25.8 2/5/2009 25.3 2/4/2013
2/13/2001 26.2 2/9/2009 26.8 2/7/2013
2/17/2001 25.5 2/12/2009 26.6 2/11/2013
2/20/2001 25.5 2/16/2009 26.5 2/14/2013
2/23/2001 25.1 2/19/2009 25.4 2/18/2013
2/27/2001 25.5 2/23/2009 26.7 2/21/2013
3/2/2001 25.4 2/26/2009 26.7 2/25/2013
3/5/2001 25.2 3/2/2009 26.4 2/28/2013
3/10/2001 25.4 3/2/2009 26.4 3/4/2013
3/12/2001 26.5 3/5/2009 25.5 3/7/2013
3/16/2001 27 3/9/2009 24.3 3/11/2013
3/20/2001 27 3/12/2009 24.8 3/14/2013
3/23/2001 27.9 3/16/2009 24.8 3/18/2013
3/27/2001 27.5 3/19/2009 24.6 3/21/2013
3/31/2001 27.4 3/23/2009 25.5 3/25/2013
4/2/2001 27.1 3/26/2009 25.5 3/28/2013
4/7/2001 27.6 3/30/2009 25.4 4/1/2013
4/10/2001 26.4 4/2/2009 26.1 4/4/2013
4/13/2001 26.7 4/6/2009 26.4 4/8/2013
4/17/2001 26.8 4/9/2009 26.1 4/11/2013
4/20/2001 26.9 4/13/2009 25.8 4/15/2013
4/23/2001 26.8 4/16/2009 25.5 4/18/2013
4/28/2001 24.7 4/20/2009 25.5 4/22/2013
4/30/2001 24.9 4/23/2009 25.4 4/25/2013
5/5/2001 24.8 4/27/2009 25.7 4/29/2013
5/8/2001 25.8 4/30/2009 24.9 5/2/2013
5/11/2001 25.9 5/4/2009 25 5/6/2013
5/15/2001 25.5 5/7/2009 26.1 5/9/2013
 5/19/2001 24.5 5/11/2009 26 5/13/2013
5/21/2001 24.5 5/14/2009 25.1 5/16/2013
5/26/2001 24.4 5/18/2009 25.3 5/20/2013
5/28/2001 23.9 5/21/2009 25.6 5/23/2013
6/2/2001 23.6 5/25/2009 25.6 5/27/2013
6/5/2001 23.6 5/28/2009 25.2 5/30/2013
6/8/2001 22.8 6/1/2009 25 6/3/2013
6/12/2001 22.3 6/4/2009 24.7 6/6/2013
6/16/2001 22.2 6/8/2009 24.3 6/10/2013
6/18/2001 22 6/11/2009 24.8 6/13/2013
6/23/2001 22 6/15/2009 25 6/17/2013
6/26/2001 21.9 6/18/2009 25 6/20/2013
6/29/2001 21.7 6/22/2009 24.8 6/24/2013
7/3/2001 21.2 6/25/2009 24.6 6/27/2013
7/6/2001 21.5 6/29/2009 24.4 7/1/2013
7/9/2001 21.6 7/2/2009 24.2 7/4/2013
7/14/2001 21.6 7/6/2009 24 7/8/2013
7/16/2001 21.6 7/9/2009 23.9 7/11/2013
7/21/2001 22.7 7/13/2009 23.8 7/15/2013
7/24/2001 22.7 7/16/2009 23.8 7/18/2013
7/27/2001 20.8 7/20/2009 24 7/22/2013
7/30/2001 20.8 7/23/2009 23.8 7/25/2013
8/4/2001 20.9 7/27/2009 22.9 7/29/2013
8/6/2001 20.7 7/30/2009 22.9 8/1/2013
8/11/2001 20.7 8/3/2009 24.1 8/5/2013
8/13/2001 19.6 8/6/2009 24 8/8/2013
8/18/2001 20.2 8/10/2009 23.2 8/12/2013
8/21/2001 20.2 8/13/2009 23.2 8/15/2013
8/24/2001 19.8 8/17/2009 23 8/19/2013
8/28/2001 19.8 8/20/2009 23.1 8/22/2013
9/1/2001 21.8 8/24/2009 23.1 8/26/2013
9/3/2001 21.7 8/27/2009 22.7 8/29/2013
9/8/2001 21.7 8/31/2009 23.3 9/2/2013
9/10/2001 21.7 9/3/2009 23.3 9/5/2013
9/14/2001 21 9/7/2009 22 9/9/2013
9/18/2001 21 9/10/2009 22 9/12/2013
9/21/2001 21 9/14/2009 22 9/16/2013
9/24/2001 20.3 9/17/2009 20.7 9/19/2013
9/28/2001 19.4 9/21/2009 22.5 9/23/2013
10/1/2001 19.4 9/24/2009 22.5 9/26/2013
10/6/2001 19.3 9/28/2009 20.7 9/30/2013
10/8/2001 19.3 10/1/2009 20.7 10/3/2013
10/12/2001 19.4 10/1/2009 20.7 10/7/2013
10/16/2001 19.4 10/5/2009 21.1 10/10/2013
10/19/2001 19.4 10/8/2009 22.3 10/14/2013
10/22/2001 19.4 10/12/2009 22.3 10/17/2013
10/26/2001 19.4 10/15/2009 22.6 10/21/2013
10/29/2001 22.3 10/19/2009 22.6 10/24/2013
11/5/2001 21.6 10/22/2009 22.6 10/28/2013
11/9/2001 21.6 10/26/2009 22.9 10/31/2013
11/13/2001 21.4 10/29/2009 23.4 11/4/2013
11/16/2001 20.8 11/2/2009 23.1 11/7/2013
11/19/2001 20.5 11/5/2009 22.8 11/11/2013
11/24/2001 20.5 11/9/2009 22.9 11/14/2013
11/26/2001 21.2 11/12/2009 22.5 11/18/2013
11/30/2001 21.5 11/16/2009 22.6 11/21/2013
12/4/2001 21.4 11/19/2009 22.8 11/25/2013
12/7/2001 22.3 11/23/2009 22.8 11/28/2013
12/11/2001 22.2 11/26/2009 22.5 12/2/2013
12/14/2001 22.1 11/30/2009 22.6 12/5/2013
12/17/2001 22.4 12/3/2009 23 12/9/2013
12/22/2001 22.6 12/7/2009 23.3 12/12/2013
12/24/2001 23.5 12/10/2009 23.3 12/16/2013
12/29/2001 23.5 12/14/2009 23.9 12/19/2013
1/1/2002 23.5 12/17/2009 24 12/23/2013
1/4/2002 23.5 12/21/2009 24 12/26/2013
1/8/2002 23.5 12/24/2009 24.2 12/30/2013
1/11/2002 23.5 12/28/2009 24.3 1/2/2014
1/14/2002 23.9 12/31/2009 24.7 1/6/2014
1/19/2002 23.7 1/4/2010 24.7 1/9/2014
1/21/2002 23.8 1/7/2010 24.7 1/13/2014
1/26/2002 23.7 1/11/2010 24.6 1/15/2014
1/29/2002 23.7 1/14/2010 25.3 1/20/2014
2/1/2002 24.1 1/18/2010 25.3 1/23/2014
2/5/2002 24.6 1/21/2010 24.8 1/27/2014
2/8/2002 25.4 1/25/2010 25.2 1/30/2014
2/11/2002 25.2 1/28/2010 25.2 2/3/2014
2/16/2002 25.4 2/1/2010 26 2/6/2014
2/18/2002 25.7 2/4/2010 26.3 2/10/2014
2/26/2002 25.9 2/8/2010 25.5 2/13/2014
3/11/2002 27.6 2/11/2010 26.2 2/17/2014
3/16/2002 27.2 2/15/2010 26.3 2/20/2014
3/18/2002 27.2 2/18/2010 26.4 2/24/2014
3/23/2002 27.6 2/22/2010 27.5 2/27/2014
3/26/2002 28 2/25/2010 27.5 3/3/2014
3/29/2002 27.7 3/1/2010 27.1 3/6/2014
 4/2/2002 28.5 3/1/2010 27.1 3/10/2014
4/5/2002 27.4 3/4/2010 27.2 3/13/2014
4/8/2002 27.4 3/8/2010 27.2 3/17/2014
4/13/2002 28.5 3/11/2010 26.8 3/20/2014
4/15/2002 27.5 3/15/2010 26.1 3/24/2014
4/20/2002 27.5 3/18/2010 27.1 3/27/2014
4/23/2002 27.1 3/22/2010 27.7 3/31/2014
4/26/2002 27.4 3/25/2010 28 4/3/2014
4/30/2002 27.4 3/29/2010 27.8 4/7/2014
5/3/2002 25.4 4/1/2010 26 4/10/2014
5/6/2002 25.3 4/5/2010 26.9 4/14/2014
5/11/2002 25.1 4/8/2010 26.6 4/17/2014
5/13/2002 25 4/12/2010 26.3 4/21/2014
5/18/2002 25.1 4/15/2010 26.5 4/24/2014
5/21/2002 24.4 4/19/2010 26.8 4/28/2014
5/24/2002 24.3 4/22/2010 26.4 5/1/2014
5/28/2002 24.3 4/26/2010 26.1 5/5/2014
5/31/2002 23.5 4/29/2010 26.6 5/8/2014
6/3/2002 22.8 5/3/2010 26.6 5/12/2014
6/7/2002 22.7 5/6/2010 26.6 5/15/2014
6/10/2002 22.8 5/10/2010 25.3 5/19/2014
6/15/2002 22.8 5/13/2010 25 5/22/2014
6/18/2002 22.6 5/17/2010 23.9 5/26/2014
6/21/2002 22.4 5/20/2010 24.4 5/29/2014
6/24/2002 22.4 5/24/2010 24.4 6/2/2014
6/28/2002 22.1 5/27/2010 23.7 6/5/2014
7/2/2002 22.1 5/31/2010 22.8 6/9/2014
7/6/2002 22.1 6/3/2010 25.2 6/12/2014
7/8/2002 22.2 6/7/2010 24.3 6/16/2014
7/13/2002 21.6 6/10/2010 22.7 6/23/2014
7/16/2002 21.4 6/14/2010 22.4 6/26/2014
7/20/2002 20.6 6/17/2010 21.8 6/30/2014
7/23/2002 20.6 6/21/2010 22 7/3/2014
7/26/2002 20.5 6/24/2010 22 7/7/2014
7/30/2002 20.2 6/28/2010 21.9 7/10/2014
8/3/2002 19.5 7/1/2010 21.6 7/14/2014
8/5/2002 19.5 7/1/2010 21.6 7/17/2014
8/10/2002 20.5 7/5/2010 21.7 7/21/2014
8/12/2002 20.6 7/8/2010 21.7 7/24/2014
8/16/2002 20.6 7/12/2010 20.7 7/28/2014
8/20/2002 20.6 7/15/2010 20.7 7/31/2014
8/23/2002 21.6 7/19/2010 20.3 8/4/2014
8/27/2002 20.3 7/22/2010 19.3 8/7/2014
 8/30/2002 20.3 7/26/2010 19 8/11/2014
9/2/2002 20.3 7/29/2010 17.6 8/14/2014
9/7/2002 20.3 8/2/2010 17.6 8/18/2014
9/9/2002 21.8 8/5/2010 18 8/21/2014
9/14/2002 21.9 8/9/2010 19 8/25/2014
9/16/2002 21.9 8/12/2010 19 8/28/2014
9/20/2002 21.1 8/16/2010 18.9 9/1/2014
9/24/2002 21.1 8/19/2010 19.4 9/4/2014
9/27/2002 21.1 8/23/2010 19.4 9/8/2014
10/1/2002 21.1 8/26/2010 19.9 9/11/2014
10/4/2002 21.2 8/30/2010 19.8 9/15/2014
10/7/2002 20.9 9/2/2010 19.8 9/18/2014
10/12/2002 20.9 9/6/2010 18.3 9/22/2014
10/14/2002 20.7 9/9/2010 18.3 9/25/2014
10/19/2002 20.9 9/13/2010 18.4 9/29/2014
10/22/2002 21 9/16/2010 19.8 10/2/2014
10/25/2002 22.5 9/20/2010 20.3 10/6/2014
10/29/2002 23.1 9/23/2010 20.2 10/9/2014
11/1/2002 23.3 9/27/2010 19.9 10/13/2014
11/4/2002 23.5 9/30/2010 19.9 10/16/2014
11/9/2002 23.5 10/4/2010 19.7 10/20/2014
11/11/2002 23.5 10/7/2010 19.6 10/23/2014
11/16/2002 23.1 10/11/2010 19.6 10/27/2014
11/19/2002 23.1 10/14/2010 19.4 10/30/2014
11/22/2002 23.6 10/18/2010 18.9 11/3/2014
11/26/2002 23.3 10/21/2010 18.9 11/6/2014
11/29/2002 23.3 10/25/2010 19.4 11/10/2014
12/2/2002 23.3 10/28/2010 19.4 11/13/2014
12/7/2002 23.9 11/1/2010 20.8 11/17/2014
12/9/2002 23.4 11/4/2010 20 11/20/2014
12/14/2002 23.6 11/8/2010 19.9 11/24/2014
12/16/2002 24.2 11/11/2010 20.1 11/27/2014
12/20/2002 24.5 11/15/2010 21.5 12/1/2014
12/24/2002 24.5 11/18/2010 21.5 12/4/2014
12/28/2002 24.8 11/22/2010 21.1 12/8/2014
12/31/2002 24.5 11/25/2010 20.4 12/11/2014
11/29/2010 21 12/15/2014
12/2/2010 21.8 12/18/2014
12/6/2010 21.9 12/22/2014
12/9/2010 21.9 12/25/2014
12/13/2010 21.8 12/29/2014
12/16/2010 21.8
12/20/2010 21.8
12/23/2010 21.9
12/27/2010 22
12/30/2010 22.7
time sea-
r three
2013-Present
SST (°C)
22.9
23.2
22.9
23.6
23.6
23.9
23.9
24.9
24.7
25.2
25.2
25.1
25.1
27.2
27
26.5
26.9
27.2
27.2
27.8
27.4
26.4
26.4
26.4
26.3
25
25.3
25.4
25.7
25.7
25.8
26.8
25.2
24.4
24.3
23.5
23.5
23.3
23.2
22.9
23.3
23
22.4
22.2
21.9
22
22.1
21.7
21.5
20.9
20.5
20.2
20.4
21.6
21.8
20.9
20.7
20.8
20.5
20.6
20.6
19.8
19.8
20.4
20.2
19.7
19.7
20.1
20.1
20.1
19.1
19.4
19.4
19.4
19.4
20.2
20.2
19.9
20.8
20.8
20.9
20.9
20.6
21.4
21.4
21.6
21.2
21.1
21.2
21.2
21.1
21.4
21.4
21.1
21.8
22.8
22.3
23.2
23.9
23.7
23.7
24.1
24.1
23.8
23.8
23.5
23.4
24
24.1
24.3
24.2
25
25.1
25.1
25.1
25.5
25.8
26
26
25.5
26
26.4
26.4
26.9
27.6
27.4
27.3
26.4
26.4
25.4
25.1
25.2
25.1
25.4
25.4
25.8
26.3
27
26.8
26.8
26.2
26.4
26.1
26.4
26.6
26.6
26.9
26.6
26.1
25.8
25.8
24.8
24.8
25.6
24.3
24.4
24.5
24
22.9
22.9
23.4
23.5
22.9
22.8
22.2
22.6
 22
22.8
22.5
22.2
22
22
22.2
22.3
22.3
22
22.3
22.3
21.4
21.4
21.1
21.4
22
21.6
21.6
22.2
22.7
22.7
22.4
22.2
23.3
23.4
23.4
23.7
24.2
23.5
23.1
22.3
22.3
22.3
22.3
23.8
23.8
23.6
23.6
23.6
24.1