# Unusual Winds Drive a Small 2019 Ozone Hole nnjbvf12pfU

Every year, NASA and NOAA track the hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica as it grows to its annual winter maximum. This year, the hole was smaller than expected, due to an unusual weather pattern in the stratosphere.

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- Kind: Short
- Year: 2019
- Runtime: 1 min
- By: NASA Goddard
- Genres: Space
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Unusual_Winds_Drive_a_Small_2019_Ozone_Hole_nnjbvf12pfU.webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: NASA Goddard
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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