Map: It's really cold in the US — and unusually warm almost everywhere else

http://www.vox.com/xpress/2014/11/21/7260177/cold-us-global-warming



 
Much of the mainland United States is still getting blasted with frigid Arctic air. The reason? Back in mid-November, Typhoon Nuri created a high-pressure region near Alaska that pushed a bunch of cold Arctic air south. That meant unseasonably cold weather in the US (along with seven feet of snow in Buffalo).

At the same time, other parts of the world are unusually warm right now — including Alaska and much of the Mediterranean. The map above from the University of Maine's Climate Change Institute shows that, on average, the world is currently about 0.57°C warmer than the 1979-2000 baseline for this day.