Extratropical Highlights

  Table of Indices  (Table 3)

  Global Surface Temperature  E1

  Temperature Anomalies (Land Only)  E2

  Global Precipitation  E3

  Regional Precip Estimates (a)  E4

  Regional Precip Estimates (b)  E5

  U.S. Precipitation  E6

  Northern Hemisphere

  Southern Hemisphere

  Stratosphere

  Appendix 2: Additional Figures

MARCH 2018

FIGURE E6.  Observed precipitation (upper left), departure from average (upper right), percent of average (lower left), and average precipitation (lower right). The units are given on each panel. Base period for averages is 1981-2010. Results are based on CPC's Global Daily Precipitation Analysis, which is available at ftp://ftp.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/precip/CPC_UNI_PRCP/GAUGE_CONUS/