Category: Cold spells affecting Egypt

1 cold spells identified in Egypt since 2020

Cold spell occuring from January 11 2012 to January 13 2012 at 31.5°N 29.0°E

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Event type: Cold spell

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

  • Egypt

Duration: 3 days

Time span: January 11 2012 to January 13 2012

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: -2.6 °C
  • Mean temperature: 12.9 °C
  • Minimum temperature anomaly: -3.3 °C
  • Minimum temperature: 11.7 °C

Event center: 31.5°N 29.0°E

Area affected: 88555 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_2012-Jan-11_to_2012-Jan-13_29.0_31.5

Cold spell occuring from January 08 2012 to January 22 2012 at 29.5°N 20.0°E

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Event type: Cold spell

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

  • Algeria
  • Benin
  • Burkina Faso
  • Cameroon
  • Central African Republic
  • Chad
  • Egypt
  • Eritrea
  • Ghana
  • Greece
  • Libya
  • Mali
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Sudan
  • Togo
  • Tunisia

Duration: 15 days

Time span: January 08 2012 to January 22 2012

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: -3.8 °C
  • Mean temperature: 11.3 °C
  • Minimum temperature anomaly: -7.2 °C
  • Minimum temperature: 3.5 °C

Event center: 29.5°N 20.0°E

Area affected: 6179435 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_2012-Jan-08_to_2012-Jan-22_20.0_29.5

Cold spell occuring from December 02 2011 to December 07 2011 at 29.5°N 24.0°E

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Event type: Cold spell

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

  • Egypt
  • Libya

Duration: 6 days

Time span: December 02 2011 to December 07 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: -3.1 °C
  • Mean temperature: 11.6 °C
  • Minimum temperature anomaly: -4.6 °C
  • Minimum temperature: 9.6 °C

Event center: 29.5°N 24.0°E

Area affected: 365738 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_2011-Dec-02_to_2011-Dec-07_24.0_29.5

Cold spell occuring from November 05 2011 to November 07 2011 at 29.5°N 27.0°E

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Event type: Cold spell

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

  • Egypt

Duration: 3 days

Time span: November 05 2011 to November 07 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: -2.9 °C
  • Mean temperature: 16.8 °C
  • Minimum temperature anomaly: -3.6 °C
  • Minimum temperature: 15.4 °C

Event center: 29.5°N 27.0°E

Area affected: 64321 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_2011-Nov-05_to_2011-Nov-07_27.0_29.5

Cold spell occuring from October 30 2011 to November 02 2011 at 29.0°N 27.5°E

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Event type: Cold spell

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

  • Egypt

Duration: 4 days

Time span: October 30 2011 to November 02 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: -3.0 °C
  • Mean temperature: 17.9 °C
  • Minimum temperature anomaly: -3.9 °C
  • Minimum temperature: 16.4 °C

Event center: 29.0°N 27.5°E

Area affected: 56653 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_2011-Oct-30_to_2011-Nov-02_27.5_29.0

Cold spell occuring from October 27 2011 to November 12 2011 at 14.0°N 40.0°E

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Event type: Cold spell

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

  • Chad
  • Egypt
  • Eritrea
  • Ethiopia
  • Saudi Arabia
  • South Sudan
  • Sudan

Duration: 17 days

Time span: October 27 2011 to November 12 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: -2.9 °C
  • Mean temperature: 23.8 °C
  • Minimum temperature anomaly: -4.9 °C
  • Minimum temperature: 15.9 °C

Event center: 14.0°N 40.0°E

Area affected: 1601014 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_2011-Oct-27_to_2011-Nov-12_40.0_14.0

Cold spell occuring from October 26 2011 to December 24 2011 at 37.5°N 45.0°E

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Event type: Cold spell

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

  • Afghanistan
  • Albania
  • Armenia
  • Austria
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bahrain
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Bulgaria
  • Cameroon
  • Central African Republic
  • Chad
  • China
  • Congo
  • Congo DRC
  • Croatia
  • Cyprus
  • Czech Republic
  • Djibouti
  • Egypt
  • Eritrea
  • Ethiopia
  • Georgia
  • Greece
  • Hungary
  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Jordan
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kuwait
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Lebanon
  • Libya
  • Mali
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • North Macedonia
  • Oman
  • Pakistan
  • Palestinian Territory
  • Poland
  • Qatar
  • Romania
  • Russian Federation
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Serbia
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Somalia
  • South Sudan
  • Sudan
  • Syria
  • Tajikistan
  • Turkiye
  • Turkmenistan
  • Ukraine
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Uzbekistan
  • Yemen

Duration: 60 days

Time span: October 26 2011 to December 24 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: -5.4 °C
  • Mean temperature: 9.8 °C
  • Minimum temperature anomaly: -19.7 °C
  • Minimum temperature: -27.5 °C

Event center: 37.5°N 45.0°E

Area affected: 22191719 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_2011-Oct-26_to_2011-Dec-24_45.0_37.5

Cold spell occuring from September 29 2011 to October 25 2011 at 28.0°N 13.5°E

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Event type: Cold spell

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

  • Albania
  • Algeria
  • Austria
  • Bahrain
  • Belarus
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Bulgaria
  • Chad
  • Croatia
  • Cyprus
  • Egypt
  • Georgia
  • Greece
  • Hungary
  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • Italy
  • Kuwait
  • Libya
  • Mali
  • Mauritania
  • Moldova
  • Montenegro
  • Niger
  • North Macedonia
  • Poland
  • Romania
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Serbia
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Sudan
  • Syria
  • Tunisia
  • Turkiye
  • Ukraine

Duration: 27 days

Time span: September 29 2011 to October 25 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: -4.7 °C
  • Mean temperature: 17.4 °C
  • Minimum temperature anomaly: -11.5 °C
  • Minimum temperature: -3.7 °C

Event center: 28.0°N 13.5°E

Area affected: 9904325 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_2011-Sep-29_to_2011-Oct-25_13.5_28.0

Cold spell occuring from September 08 2011 to September 27 2011 at 20.5°N 34.0°E

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Event type: Cold spell

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

  • Egypt
  • Sudan

Duration: 20 days

Time span: September 08 2011 to September 27 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: -2.6 °C
  • Mean temperature: 31.2 °C
  • Minimum temperature anomaly: -4.3 °C
  • Minimum temperature: 27.7 °C

Event center: 20.5°N 34.0°E

Area affected: 273239 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_2011-Sep-08_to_2011-Sep-27_34.0_20.5

Cold spell occuring from August 27 2011 to September 05 2011 at 19.0°N 38.0°E

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Event type: Cold spell

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

  • Egypt
  • Jordan
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Sudan

Duration: 10 days

Time span: August 27 2011 to September 05 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: -2.6 °C
  • Mean temperature: 29.2 °C
  • Minimum temperature anomaly: -5.3 °C
  • Minimum temperature: 20.5 °C

Event center: 19.0°N 38.0°E

Area affected: 759115 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_2011-Aug-27_to_2011-Sep-05_38.0_19.0