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: 6 days

Time span: December 31 2022 to January 05 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -9.1 °C
• Mean temperature: -41.3 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -14.1 °C
• Minimum temperature: -48.5 °C

Event center: 73.0°N 283.5°E

Area affected: 58523 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-Dec-31_to_2023-Jan-05_283.5_73.0

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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: December 27 2022 to December 31 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.3 °C
• Mean temperature: -32.0 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -9.3 °C
• Minimum temperature: -35.0 °C

Event center: 85.0°N 270.0°E

Area affected: 56962 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-Dec-27_to_2022-Dec-31_270.0_85.0

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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: December 27 2022 to January 03 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -7.0 °C
• Mean temperature: -31.5 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -9.7 °C
• Minimum temperature: -34.1 °C

Event center: 86.5°N 219.0°E

Area affected: 113380 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-Dec-27_to_2023-Jan-03_219.0_86.5

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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: December 21 2022 to December 25 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -7.2 °C
• Mean temperature: -34.6 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -14.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: -45.3 °C

Event center: 76.0°N 251.0°E

Area affected: 92798 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-Dec-21_to_2022-Dec-25_251.0_76.0

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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: December 08 2022 to December 11 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.7 °C
• Mean temperature: 3.9 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -5.1 °C
• Minimum temperature: 0.4 °C

Event center: 56.0°N 223.5°E

Area affected: 202967 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-Dec-08_to_2022-Dec-11_223.5_56.0

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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: November 11 2022 to November 14 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -7.3 °C
• Mean temperature: -13.3 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -10.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: -16.9 °C

Event center: 55.5°N 299.0°E

Area affected: 151286 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-11_to_2022-Nov-14_299.0_55.5

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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: November 02 2022 to November 04 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -5.6 °C
• Mean temperature: -10.6 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -9.7 °C
• Minimum temperature: -19.5 °C

Event center: 64.0°N 272.5°E

Area affected: 52253 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-02_to_2022-Nov-04_272.5_64.0