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: 5 days

Time span: July 04 2020 to July 08 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -5.4 °C
• Mean temperature: 6.7 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -9.1 °C
• Minimum temperature: 2.6 °C

Event center: 64.5°N 226.5°E

Area affected: 70537 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-04_to_2020-Jul-08_226.5_64.5

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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: July 02 2020 to July 06 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -8.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 4.8 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -11.1 °C
• Minimum temperature: 1.0 °C

Event center: 68.0°N 227.5°E

Area affected: 55156 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-02_to_2020-Jul-06_227.5_68.0

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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: June 23 2020 to June 25 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -0.5 °C
• Mean temperature: 0.3 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -0.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: 0.0 °C

Event center: 88.5°N 163.5°E

Area affected: 58821 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-Jun-23_to_2020-Jun-25_163.5_88.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Canada

Duration: 12 days

Time span: June 18 2020 to June 29 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -1.7 °C
• Mean temperature: -0.2 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -2.4 °C
• Minimum temperature: -1.2 °C

Event center: 61.0°N 294.5°E

Area affected: 58628 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-Jun-18_to_2020-Jun-29_294.5_61.0

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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: June 17 2020 to June 21 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -7.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 8.1 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -11.5 °C
• Minimum temperature: 2.6 °C

Event center: 52.5°N 255.5°E

Area affected: 503794 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-Jun-17_to_2020-Jun-21_255.5_52.5

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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: June 14 2020 to June 17 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.4 °C
• Mean temperature: 2.0 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -8.4 °C
• Minimum temperature: 0.0 °C

Event center: 64.5°N 257.5°E

Area affected: 58041 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-Jun-14_to_2020-Jun-17_257.5_64.5