Fig. 1: Examples of SST annual cycles and corresponding anomalies.
From: The phase change in the annual cycle of sea surface temperature

a 31-day running mean annual cycle (blue for 2007, red for 2009, yellow for 2020, and black for climatology) and b anomalies with respect to climatology (solid lines) and to running mean annual cycle (dashed lines) in a region of the eastern North Pacific Ocean (150–140°W, 30–40°N).