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Specific humidity in 2012 compared to the 1981-2010 average, based on ERA-Interim Reanalysis data. Turquoise shows places that were more humid than average, including the eastern U.S. and Canada, the Sahel in West Africa, and Southeast Asia. Brown shows places that were less humid than average, including the central and western U.S., Brazil, the eastern Sahel, and much of Australia. NOAA map by Dan Pisut, Environmental Visualization Lab.