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: 4 days

Time span: February 11 2026 to February 14 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -1.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 25.1 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -2.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: 22.4 °C

Event center: -7.0°S 325.0°E

Area affected: 61427 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-Feb-11_to_2026-Feb-14_325.0_-7.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Brazil

Duration: 6 days

Time span: February 08 2026 to February 13 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 22.6 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -3.7 °C
• Minimum temperature: 18.6 °C

Event center: -17.0°S 306.5°E

Area affected: 320314 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-Feb-08_to_2026-Feb-13_306.5_-17.0

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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: February 05 2026 to February 09 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.4 °C
• Mean temperature: 25.0 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -4.6 °C
• Minimum temperature: 21.9 °C

Event center: -6.5°S 324.0°E

Area affected: 236678 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-Feb-05_to_2026-Feb-09_324.0_-6.5

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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: February 02 2026 to February 05 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.7 °C
• Mean temperature: 23.6 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -5.0 °C
• Minimum temperature: 20.8 °C

Event center: -20.0°S 305.5°E

Area affected: 196835 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-Feb-02_to_2026-Feb-05_305.5_-20.0

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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: January 04 2026 to January 06 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -3.7 °C
• Mean temperature: 19.0 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -6.2 °C
• Minimum temperature: 14.6 °C

Event center: -27.5°S 308.0°E

Area affected: 93778 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-Jan-04_to_2026-Jan-06_308.0_-27.5

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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: January 04 2026 to January 07 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 22.0 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -4.6 °C
• Minimum temperature: 17.0 °C

Event center: -15.5°S 313.0°E

Area affected: 335161 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-Jan-04_to_2026-Jan-07_313.0_-15.5