Category: Cold spells affecting Greenland

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Greenland

Duration: 4 days

Time span: May 26 2026 to May 29 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.3 °C
• Mean temperature: -18.6 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -9.4 °C
• Minimum temperature: -25.7 °C

Event center: 66.5°N 322.0°E

Area affected: 89818 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-May-26_to_2026-May-29_322.0_66.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Greenland

Duration: 5 days

Time span: May 24 2026 to May 28 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.2 °C
• Mean temperature: -17.8 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -7.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: -23.5 °C

Event center: 74.5°N 306.0°E

Area affected: 65468 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-May-24_to_2026-May-28_306.0_74.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Greenland

Duration: 7 days

Time span: June 28 2026 to July 04 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -1.2 °C
• Mean temperature: -0.7 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -2.4 °C
• Minimum temperature: -1.6 °C

Event center: 77.5°N 348.5°E

Area affected: 51782 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-Jun-28_to_2026-Jul-04_348.5_77.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Greenland

Duration: 16 days

Time span: June 19 2026 to July 04 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -5.1 °C
• Mean temperature: -8.2 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -10.4 °C
• Minimum temperature: -18.3 °C

Event center: 71.5°N 308.5°E

Area affected: 660777 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-Jun-19_to_2026-Jul-04_308.5_71.5