Heat wave occuring from February 23 2020 to February 28 2020 at -7.0°S 282.0°E

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Event type: Heat wave

Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference):

  • Ecuador
  • Peru

Duration: 6 days

Time span: February 23 2020 to February 28 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: 1.9 °C
  • Mean temperature: 17.4 °C
  • Maximum temperature anomaly: 3.2 °C
  • Maximum temperature: 29.0 °C

Event center: -7.0°S 282.0°E

Area affected: 153040 km$^2$


Fig. 1: Map of most extreme temperature anomalies (standardized) experienced during the event. The purple star indicates the center of the extreme event. Green hatching illustrates all areas under the effect of extremes at some time during the event.



Fig. 2: Evolution of temperature at the center of the event. The climatological percentile distribution is illustrated with color shadings.



Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.

Event ID: Heat_wave_2020-Feb-23_to_2020-Feb-28_282.0_-7.0