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: 9 days

Time span: January 24 2024 to February 01 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -9.6 °C
• Mean temperature: -40.5 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -18.6 °C
• Minimum temperature: -51.0 °C

Event center: 70.5°N 287.5°E

Area affected: 230990 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-Jan-24_to_2024-Feb-01_287.5_70.5

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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: December 14 2023 to December 22 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -9.2 °C
• Mean temperature: -34.1 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -18.5 °C
• Minimum temperature: -47.2 °C

Event center: 73.5°N 290.5°E

Area affected: 121935 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_2023-Dec-14_to_2023-Dec-22_290.5_73.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Canada

Duration: 7 days

Time span: November 22 2023 to November 28 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -7.6 °C
• Mean temperature: -29.2 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -10.0 °C
• Minimum temperature: -32.7 °C

Event center: 88.5°N 258.0°E

Area affected: 469867 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_2023-Nov-22_to_2023-Nov-28_258.0_88.5

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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: November 21 2023 to November 29 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -8.9 °C
• Mean temperature: -35.1 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -17.4 °C
• Minimum temperature: -45.2 °C

Event center: 81.5°N 272.5°E

Area affected: 98483 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_2023-Nov-21_to_2023-Nov-29_272.5_81.5

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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: November 12 2023 to November 16 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -3.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 2.1 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -5.5 °C
• Minimum temperature: -3.2 °C

Event center: 48.5°N 306.5°E

Area affected: 80496 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_2023-Nov-12_to_2023-Nov-16_306.5_48.5

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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: October 28 2023 to November 01 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.6 °C
• Mean temperature: -6.8 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -10.0 °C
• Minimum temperature: -10.2 °C

Event center: 51.0°N 276.0°E

Area affected: 80793 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_2023-Oct-28_to_2023-Nov-01_276.0_51.0

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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: October 20 2023 to October 24 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -11.2 °C
• Mean temperature: -22.0 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -18.3 °C
• Minimum temperature: -29.2 °C

Event center: 64.5°N 222.5°E

Area affected: 55938 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_2023-Oct-20_to_2023-Oct-24_222.5_64.5