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
• United States

Duration: 4 days

Time span: April 26 2022 to April 29 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.5 °C
• Mean temperature: 3.5 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -4.9 °C
• Minimum temperature: -6.8 °C

Event center: 51.0°N 235.5°E

Area affected: 267582 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-Apr-26_to_2022-Apr-29_235.5_51.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Canada
• United States

Duration: 4 days

Time span: April 26 2022 to April 29 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -5.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 3.2 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -8.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: -1.7 °C

Event center: 44.5°N 277.5°E

Area affected: 141573 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-Apr-26_to_2022-Apr-29_277.5_44.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Canada
• United States

Duration: 3 days

Time span: April 26 2022 to April 28 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.1 °C
• Mean temperature: 1.7 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -10.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: -6.2 °C

Event center: 47.0°N 276.0°E

Area affected: 259601 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-Apr-26_to_2022-Apr-28_276.0_47.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Canada
• United States

Duration: 20 days

Time span: April 09 2022 to April 28 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -7.9 °C
• Mean temperature: -5.3 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -20.3 °C
• Minimum temperature: -26.9 °C

Event center: 48.5°N 256.0°E

Area affected: 7981737 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-Apr-09_to_2022-Apr-28_256.0_48.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Canada
• United States

Duration: 4 days

Time span: March 27 2022 to March 30 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -8.5 °C
• Mean temperature: -3.9 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -13.9 °C
• Minimum temperature: -17.6 °C

Event center: 46.5°N 277.5°E

Area affected: 1479727 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-Mar-27_to_2022-Mar-30_277.5_46.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Canada
• United States

Duration: 3 days

Time span: March 26 2022 to March 28 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -10.7 °C
• Mean temperature: -13.1 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -15.1 °C
• Minimum temperature: -20.2 °C

Event center: 49.0°N 265.0°E

Area affected: 327263 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-Mar-26_to_2022-Mar-28_265.0_49.0