Category: Cold spells affecting China

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• China

Duration: 3 days

Time span: May 01 2026 to May 03 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -5.6 °C
• Mean temperature: -2.4 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -10.5 °C
• Minimum temperature: -11.6 °C

Event center: 34.5°N 99.5°E

Area affected: 77794 km$^2$

Fig. 1: unavailable since event is ongoing.

Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.

Event ID: Cold_spell_2026-May-01_to_2026-May-03_99.5_34.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• China

Duration: 3 days

Time span: May 01 2026 to May 03 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.3 °C
• Mean temperature: -6.6 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -13.7 °C
• Minimum temperature: -15.6 °C

Event center: 32.5°N 91.0°E

Area affected: 81256 km$^2$

Fig. 1: unavailable since event is ongoing.

Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.

Event ID: Cold_spell_2026-May-01_to_2026-May-03_91.0_32.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• China

Duration: 3 days

Time span: May 01 2026 to May 03 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.9 °C
• Mean temperature: -10.7 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -13.6 °C
• Minimum temperature: -16.2 °C

Event center: 33.0°N 93.5°E

Area affected: 64718 km$^2$

Fig. 1: unavailable since event is ongoing.

Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.

Event ID: Cold_spell_2026-May-01_to_2026-May-03_93.5_33.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• China

Duration: 3 days

Time span: April 28 2026 to April 30 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 13.5 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -10.9 °C
• Minimum temperature: 8.2 °C

Event center: 30.5°N 116.5°E

Area affected: 236628 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_2026-Apr-28_to_2026-Apr-30_116.5_30.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• China

Duration: 3 days

Time span: April 19 2026 to April 21 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 5.8 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -9.2 °C
• Minimum temperature: 2.0 °C

Event center: 35.0°N 106.5°E

Area affected: 55312 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_2026-Apr-19_to_2026-Apr-21_106.5_35.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• China

Duration: 6 days

Time span: April 11 2026 to April 16 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -5.1 °C
• Mean temperature: -10.4 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -8.5 °C
• Minimum temperature: -15.6 °C

Event center: 32.5°N 93.0°E

Area affected: 80449 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_2026-Apr-11_to_2026-Apr-16_93.0_32.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• China

Duration: 7 days

Time span: April 10 2026 to April 16 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.1 °C
• Mean temperature: -15.6 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -9.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: -20.1 °C

Event center: 35.5°N 84.0°E

Area affected: 151338 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_2026-Apr-10_to_2026-Apr-16_84.0_35.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• China

Duration: 3 days

Time span: March 13 2026 to March 15 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -7.7 °C
• Mean temperature: -4.4 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -10.6 °C
• Minimum temperature: -8.3 °C

Event center: 35.5°N 105.0°E

Area affected: 57733 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_2026-Mar-13_to_2026-Mar-15_105.0_35.5