anomalous

Not encompassed by rules governing the majority of cases; distinguished from abnormal by implying a difference of kind rather than a difference merely of degree.

This distinction between anomalous and abnormal is not strictly recognized in meteorology. As an example, a weather anomaly often implies a difference of degree.

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Different from normal in whatever sense the latter term is used.