This image uses data from the NOAA/NCEP Daily Reanalysis of surface air temperature to compare the average temperature of December 1-7, 2010 to the 1968-1996 average temperature for the same week. Blue regions indicate cooler-than-average temperatures; reds indicate warmer-than-average temperatures. Though the Arctic chill has overtaken the Eastern U.S. and Northern and Western Europe, much of the remainder of the globe experienced average or warmer-than-average temperaturesEducação Superior::Ciências Exatas e da Terra::GeoCiênciasEnsino Médio::Geografia