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: 9 days

Time span: January 21 2011 to January 29 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -1.5 °C
• Mean temperature: 23.3 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -2.1 °C
• Minimum temperature: 22.2 °C

Event center: -10.0°S 308.0°E

Area affected: 67188 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_2011-Jan-21_to_2011-Jan-29_308.0_-10.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Brazil

Duration: 12 days

Time span: January 19 2011 to January 30 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -1.8 °C
• Mean temperature: 23.6 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -2.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: 21.6 °C

Event center: -3.5°S 306.0°E

Area affected: 431399 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_2011-Jan-19_to_2011-Jan-30_306.0_-3.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Brazil

Duration: 10 days

Time span: January 18 2011 to January 27 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -1.7 °C
• Mean temperature: 24.9 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -5.2 °C
• Minimum temperature: 21.6 °C

Event center: -4.5°S 322.0°E

Area affected: 1359474 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_2011-Jan-18_to_2011-Jan-27_322.0_-4.5

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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 17 2011 to January 20 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 24.8 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -3.3 °C
• Minimum temperature: 23.2 °C

Event center: -16.5°S 304.0°E

Area affected: 58760 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_2011-Jan-17_to_2011-Jan-20_304.0_-16.5

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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 30 2010 to January 03 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.4 °C
• Mean temperature: 23.0 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -3.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: 20.3 °C

Event center: -14.5°S 310.5°E

Area affected: 168421 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_2010-Dec-30_to_2011-Jan-03_310.5_-14.5

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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 29 2010 to January 05 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.8 °C
• Mean temperature: 21.8 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -4.2 °C
• Minimum temperature: 18.8 °C

Event center: -18.0°S 315.0°E

Area affected: 468017 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_2010-Dec-29_to_2011-Jan-05_315.0_-18.0

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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 20 2010 to December 24 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -1.8 °C
• Mean temperature: 24.0 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -3.3 °C
• Minimum temperature: 21.9 °C

Event center: 4.0°N 299.5°E

Area affected: 70995 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_2010-Dec-20_to_2010-Dec-24_299.5_4.0