The temperature anomaly map shows that a significant part of Europe, Turkey, the Middle East, and southern Russia are in a zone of positive deviations from the climatic norm, meaning higher temperatures than usual for this period.
Against this background, Armenia and Georgia appear as a noticeable "cool island." While red-orange zones indicating warming relative to long-term averages prevail around them, the South Caucasus stands out with lower indicators.
It is important to note that this refers not to absolute temperature, but specifically to the deviation from the norm. In other words, the map shows not where it is currently hotter or colder, but how much current conditions differ from the typical climate for this time of year.