Category: Cold spells affecting Cabo Verde

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Cabo Verde

Duration: 4 days

Time span: March 02 2026 to March 05 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -1.4 °C
• Mean temperature: 21.1 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -1.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: 19.4 °C

Event center: 14.5°N 336.5°E

Area affected: 108140 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-Mar-02_to_2026-Mar-05_336.5_14.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Cabo Verde

Duration: 7 days

Time span: November 29 2022 to December 05 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -1.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 24.0 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -2.4 °C
• Minimum temperature: 21.3 °C

Event center: 13.5°N 332.5°E

Area affected: 606355 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-29_to_2022-Dec-05_332.5_13.5