anomaly
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- a deviation from the average or usual state.
NCDC National Climatic Data Center - Cite This Source - This Definition - Anomaly Deviation of a meteorological quantity value in a given region from the normal (mean) value for the same period.
NSIDC - Cite This Source - This Definition - Average value, Climate, Climate variability, field, Grid, inversion, Meteorological element, Meteorology, parameter, Upper atmosphere, Weather, World Meteorological Organization program