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: 11 days

Time span: May 31 2024 to June 10 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -7.5 °C
• Mean temperature: 5.2 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -12.0 °C
• Minimum temperature: -0.1 °C

Event center: 57.0°N 251.0°E

Area affected: 672888 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-May-31_to_2024-Jun-10_251.0_57.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Canada

Duration: 6 days

Time span: May 27 2024 to June 01 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.5 °C
• Mean temperature: 4.6 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -5.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: -0.0 °C

Event center: 53.5°N 237.5°E

Area affected: 67654 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-May-27_to_2024-Jun-01_237.5_53.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Canada

Duration: 6 days

Time span: May 06 2024 to May 11 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -3.7 °C
• Mean temperature: -14.2 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -4.3 °C
• Minimum temperature: -15.1 °C

Event center: 84.0°N 250.0°E

Area affected: 50589 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-May-06_to_2024-May-11_250.0_84.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Canada

Duration: 6 days

Time span: April 24 2024 to April 29 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.5 °C
• Mean temperature: -19.9 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -9.5 °C
• Minimum temperature: -26.1 °C

Event center: 71.5°N 264.0°E

Area affected: 200045 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-Apr-24_to_2024-Apr-29_264.0_71.5