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: 5 days

Time span: June 18 2020 to June 22 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 20.5 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -6.0 °C
• Minimum temperature: 15.2 °C

Event center: 29.5°N 110.5°E

Area affected: 243188 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-22_110.5_29.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• China

Duration: 5 days

Time span: June 15 2020 to June 19 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 19.2 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -8.7 °C
• Minimum temperature: 13.7 °C

Event center: 35.0°N 117.0°E

Area affected: 281471 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-15_to_2020-Jun-19_117.0_35.0

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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: June 06 2020 to June 08 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.1 °C
• Mean temperature: 15.9 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -9.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: 2.8 °C

Event center: 42.5°N 89.5°E

Area affected: 61474 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-06_to_2020-Jun-08_89.5_42.5

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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: June 04 2020 to June 09 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -5.9 °C
• Mean temperature: -1.5 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -9.6 °C
• Minimum temperature: -7.2 °C

Event center: 32.5°N 81.5°E

Area affected: 54335 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-04_to_2020-Jun-09_81.5_32.5

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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: May 12 2020 to May 17 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -5.6 °C
• Mean temperature: -9.1 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -9.5 °C
• Minimum temperature: -14.2 °C

Event center: 32.0°N 92.0°E

Area affected: 54465 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-May-12_to_2020-May-17_92.0_32.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• China

Duration: 5 days

Time span: May 07 2020 to May 11 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -7.4 °C
• Mean temperature: -8.7 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -11.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: -13.9 °C

Event center: 37.5°N 99.0°E

Area affected: 67797 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-May-07_to_2020-May-11_99.0_37.5