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: September 20 2024 to September 22 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -3.9 °C
• Mean temperature: 13.3 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -5.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: 7.3 °C

Event center: 40.5°N 122.0°E

Area affected: 91197 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_2024-Sep-20_to_2024-Sep-22_122.0_40.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• China

Duration: 10 days

Time span: September 12 2024 to September 21 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.2 °C
• Mean temperature: -0.4 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -8.9 °C
• Minimum temperature: -5.2 °C

Event center: 31.0°N 80.0°E

Area affected: 50058 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_2024-Sep-12_to_2024-Sep-21_80.0_31.0

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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: September 03 2024 to September 05 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.0 °C
• Mean temperature: 12.6 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -8.1 °C
• Minimum temperature: 7.4 °C

Event center: 41.0°N 94.5°E

Area affected: 68068 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_2024-Sep-03_to_2024-Sep-05_94.5_41.0

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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: August 13 2024 to August 18 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.9 °C
• Mean temperature: 4.7 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -4.7 °C
• Minimum temperature: 1.4 °C

Event center: 33.5°N 92.5°E

Area affected: 192642 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_2024-Aug-13_to_2024-Aug-18_92.5_33.5