No. The (standard) deviation is 3.5.

> No. The (standard) deviation is 3.5.

3.5 what, according to you?

You're reading this graph wrong: we're currently 3.63 standard deviation above the mean.

It's clearer on the original article[1] that this AI-generated blog is taking the graph from, the average temperature on the period at this time of the year is around 27.5°, the ocean is almost at 29.5°, just short of 2°C above average, and the standard deviation is 0.55°C.

[1]: https://climatecasino.substack.com/p/some-monsters-are-real

Edit: note that the original article is 6 days old, and we've unfortunately crossed the 2°C threshold right after it was posted, so the situation of even direr than described: https://climatereanalyzer.org/clim/sst_daily/?dm_id=nino3.4