Category: Cold spells affecting Antarctica

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Antarctica

Duration: 12 days

Time span: May 26 2026 to June 06 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -8.3 °C
• Mean temperature: -41.8 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -14.5 °C
• Minimum temperature: -55.3 °C

Event center: -72.5°S 171.0°E

Area affected: 479599 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: Cold_spell_2026-May-26_to_2026-Jun-06_171.0_-72.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Antarctica

Duration: 11 days

Time span: May 26 2026 to June 05 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -10.0 °C
• Mean temperature: -38.8 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -18.9 °C
• Minimum temperature: -58.0 °C

Event center: -74.0°S 337.5°E

Area affected: 989420 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: Cold_spell_2026-May-26_to_2026-Jun-05_337.5_-74.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Antarctica

Duration: 11 days

Time span: May 24 2026 to June 03 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -9.0 °C
• Mean temperature: -62.6 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -13.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: -73.5 °C

Event center: -81.5°S 63.0°E

Area affected: 555436 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: Cold_spell_2026-May-24_to_2026-Jun-03_63.0_-81.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Antarctica

Duration: 8 days

Time span: May 14 2026 to May 21 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -9.8 °C
• Mean temperature: -38.7 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -15.1 °C
• Minimum temperature: -46.2 °C

Event center: -80.0°S 250.5°E

Area affected: 291285 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: Cold_spell_2026-May-14_to_2026-May-21_250.5_-80.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Antarctica

Duration: 15 days

Time span: June 29 2026 to July 13 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -12.0 °C
• Mean temperature: -29.7 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -23.3 °C
• Minimum temperature: -54.7 °C

Event center: -66.5°S 242.0°E

Area affected: 3318621 km$^2$

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

Event ID: Cold_spell_2026-Jun-29_to_2026-Jul-13_242.0_-66.5