Category: Cold spells affecting Brazil

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Brazil

Duration: 5 days

Time span: December 31 2022 to January 04 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -1.8 °C
• Mean temperature: 24.8 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -3.7 °C
• Minimum temperature: 21.9 °C

Event center: -12.0°S 320.5°E

Area affected: 87566 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_2022-Dec-31_to_2023-Jan-04_320.5_-12.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Brazil

Duration: 5 days

Time span: December 23 2022 to December 27 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.5 °C
• Mean temperature: 21.7 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -3.6 °C
• Minimum temperature: 19.9 °C

Event center: -16.0°S 313.5°E

Area affected: 56510 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_2022-Dec-23_to_2022-Dec-27_313.5_-16.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Brazil

Duration: 8 days

Time span: December 22 2022 to December 29 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -1.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 23.7 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -2.5 °C
• Minimum temperature: 22.3 °C

Event center: -8.0°S 311.5°E

Area affected: 67411 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_2022-Dec-22_to_2022-Dec-29_311.5_-8.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Brazil

Duration: 3 days

Time span: December 22 2022 to December 24 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -1.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 25.3 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -3.2 °C
• Minimum temperature: 24.0 °C

Event center: -0.5°S 308.5°E

Area affected: 89602 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_2022-Dec-22_to_2022-Dec-24_308.5_-0.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Brazil

Duration: 17 days

Time span: December 14 2022 to December 30 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 23.4 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -3.5 °C
• Minimum temperature: 20.4 °C

Event center: -13.5°S 309.5°E

Area affected: 342382 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_2022-Dec-14_to_2022-Dec-30_309.5_-13.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Brazil

Duration: 23 days

Time span: December 14 2022 to January 05 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 22.0 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -6.9 °C
• Minimum temperature: 12.8 °C

Event center: -6.0°S 323.0°E

Area affected: 3578820 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_2022-Dec-14_to_2023-Jan-05_323.0_-6.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Brazil

Duration: 4 days

Time span: November 25 2022 to November 28 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -1.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 24.3 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -2.7 °C
• Minimum temperature: 23.3 °C

Event center: -6.0°S 289.0°E

Area affected: 61401 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_2022-Nov-25_to_2022-Nov-28_289.0_-6.0