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: 3 days

Time span: August 03 2020 to August 05 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -0.8 °C
• Mean temperature: -0.3 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -1.4 °C
• Minimum temperature: -0.9 °C

Event center: 87.0°N 316.0°E

Area affected: 68274 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_2020-Aug-03_to_2020-Aug-05_316.0_87.0

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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: August 02 2020 to August 05 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.9 °C
• Mean temperature: 12.3 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -6.0 °C
• Minimum temperature: 11.1 °C

Event center: 48.5°N 277.5°E

Area affected: 64327 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_2020-Aug-02_to_2020-Aug-05_277.5_48.5

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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: July 20 2020 to July 28 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -5.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 7.1 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -9.4 °C
• Minimum temperature: 1.8 °C

Event center: 60.0°N 266.5°E

Area affected: 71921 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_2020-Jul-20_to_2020-Jul-28_266.5_60.0

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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: July 18 2020 to July 23 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.9 °C
• Mean temperature: 7.4 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -10.0 °C
• Minimum temperature: 2.4 °C

Event center: 67.0°N 224.0°E

Area affected: 92905 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_2020-Jul-18_to_2020-Jul-23_224.0_67.0

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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: July 14 2020 to July 17 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 14.8 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -5.6 °C
• Minimum temperature: 12.7 °C

Event center: 46.0°N 300.0°E

Area affected: 66442 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_2020-Jul-14_to_2020-Jul-17_300.0_46.0

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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: July 09 2020 to July 16 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 1.9 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -7.0 °C
• Minimum temperature: 0.0 °C

Event center: 60.5°N 266.0°E

Area affected: 71603 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_2020-Jul-09_to_2020-Jul-16_266.0_60.5