Category: Cold spells affecting Canada

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Canada

Duration: 13 days

Time span: July 11 2024 to July 23 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 2.6 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -7.4 °C
• Minimum temperature: -0.5 °C

Event center: 61.0°N 268.0°E

Area affected: 105488 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_2024-Jul-11_to_2024-Jul-23_268.0_61.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Canada

Duration: 5 days

Time span: July 05 2024 to July 09 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -0.8 °C
• Mean temperature: 0.1 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -1.4 °C
• Minimum temperature: -0.6 °C

Event center: 84.0°N 262.0°E

Area affected: 100699 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_2024-Jul-05_to_2024-Jul-09_262.0_84.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Canada

Duration: 9 days

Time span: June 19 2024 to June 27 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -1.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 0.3 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -3.2 °C
• Minimum temperature: -0.4 °C

Event center: 74.5°N 256.0°E

Area affected: 59422 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_2024-Jun-19_to_2024-Jun-27_256.0_74.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Canada

Duration: 3 days

Time span: June 17 2024 to June 19 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -0.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 0.0 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -1.1 °C
• Minimum temperature: -0.4 °C

Event center: 85.5°N 253.5°E

Area affected: 60219 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_2024-Jun-17_to_2024-Jun-19_253.5_85.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Canada

Duration: 14 days

Time span: June 10 2024 to June 23 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -1.2 °C
• Mean temperature: -0.5 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -2.7 °C
• Minimum temperature: -1.4 °C

Event center: 72.5°N 226.5°E

Area affected: 219178 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_2024-Jun-10_to_2024-Jun-23_226.5_72.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Canada

Duration: 8 days

Time span: June 06 2024 to June 13 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -1.9 °C
• Mean temperature: -1.5 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -5.0 °C
• Minimum temperature: -9.0 °C

Event center: 66.5°N 299.0°E

Area affected: 262545 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_2024-Jun-06_to_2024-Jun-13_299.0_66.5