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Event type: Heat wave
Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference):
- Australia
- Indonesia
- New Zealand
- Papua New Guinea
- Timor-Leste
Duration: 61 days
Time span: January 17 2013 to March 18 2013
Statistics over entire affected area:
- Mean temperature anomaly: 2.4 °C
- Mean temperature: 25.0 °C
- Maximum temperature anomaly: 12.2 °C
- Maximum temperature: 39.3 °C
Event center: -21.5°S 113.0°E
Area affected: 19366698 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_2013-Jan-17_to_2013-Mar-18_113.0_-21.5