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Event type: Heat wave
Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference):
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Equatorial Guinea
- Gabon
- Ghana
- Mali
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Togo
Duration: 5 days
Time span: April 29 2026 to May 03 2026
Statistics over entire affected area:
- Mean temperature anomaly: 1.6 °C
- Mean temperature: 28.9 °C
- Maximum temperature anomaly: 4.2 °C
- Maximum temperature: 38.2 °C
Event center: 1.5°N 350.0°E
Area affected: 2130456 km$^2$
Fig. 1: unavailable since event is ongoing.
Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.
Event ID: Heat_wave_2026-Apr-29_to_2026-May-03_350.0_1.5