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: 4 days

Time span: December 02 2020 to December 05 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.9 °C
• Mean temperature: -6.7 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -7.9 °C
• Minimum temperature: -10.8 °C

Event center: 35.5°N 107.0°E

Area affected: 62338 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-Dec-02_to_2020-Dec-05_107.0_35.5

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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: December 01 2020 to December 07 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.5 °C
• Mean temperature: -4.9 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -7.1 °C
• Minimum temperature: -11.5 °C

Event center: 36.0°N 103.0°E

Area affected: 92133 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-Dec-01_to_2020-Dec-07_103.0_36.0

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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: November 30 2020 to December 06 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.5 °C
• Mean temperature: 4.5 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -6.5 °C
• Minimum temperature: -2.6 °C

Event center: 28.0°N 107.0°E

Area affected: 400178 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-Nov-30_to_2020-Dec-06_107.0_28.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• China

Duration: 9 days

Time span: November 22 2020 to November 30 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -5.1 °C
• Mean temperature: 5.2 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -7.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: 0.1 °C

Event center: 27.0°N 108.5°E

Area affected: 386346 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-Nov-22_to_2020-Nov-30_108.5_27.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• China

Duration: 4 days

Time span: November 22 2020 to November 25 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.0 °C
• Mean temperature: 5.9 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -6.1 °C
• Minimum temperature: -1.6 °C

Event center: 30.5°N 103.5°E

Area affected: 112497 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-Nov-22_to_2020-Nov-25_103.5_30.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• China

Duration: 4 days

Time span: November 01 2020 to November 04 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -3.9 °C
• Mean temperature: 9.9 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -5.1 °C
• Minimum temperature: 5.4 °C

Event center: 27.0°N 105.0°E

Area affected: 66869 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-Nov-01_to_2020-Nov-04_105.0_27.0