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: 4 days

Time span: March 25 2010 to March 28 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -9.3 °C
• Mean temperature: -34.0 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -11.5 °C
• Minimum temperature: -37.2 °C

Event center: 69.0°N 263.5°E

Area affected: 63454 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-Mar-25_to_2010-Mar-28_263.5_69.0

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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: March 25 2010 to March 29 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -8.9 °C
• Mean temperature: -20.9 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -12.6 °C
• Minimum temperature: -24.5 °C

Event center: 55.0°N 277.5°E

Area affected: 81619 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-Mar-25_to_2010-Mar-29_277.5_55.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Canada

Duration: 4 days

Time span: March 22 2010 to March 25 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -11.3 °C
• Mean temperature: -24.1 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -15.1 °C
• Minimum temperature: -29.0 °C

Event center: 61.0°N 247.0°E

Area affected: 55304 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-Mar-22_to_2010-Mar-25_247.0_61.0

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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: March 21 2010 to March 26 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -9.2 °C
• Mean temperature: -26.5 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -12.2 °C
• Minimum temperature: -30.2 °C

Event center: 66.0°N 240.5°E

Area affected: 52232 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-Mar-21_to_2010-Mar-26_240.5_66.0

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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: March 21 2010 to March 27 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -10.2 °C
• Mean temperature: -30.6 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -14.9 °C
• Minimum temperature: -36.4 °C

Event center: 62.0°N 266.0°E

Area affected: 205907 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-Mar-21_to_2010-Mar-27_266.0_62.0

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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: January 31 2010 to February 07 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -5.3 °C
• Mean temperature: -2.8 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -9.4 °C
• Minimum temperature: -17.2 °C

Event center: 43.0°N 300.5°E

Area affected: 776781 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-Jan-31_to_2010-Feb-07_300.5_43.0