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: 5 days

Time span: June 15 2020 to June 19 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -1.4 °C
• Mean temperature: -0.9 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -2.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: -1.6 °C

Event center: 76.5°N 289.5°E

Area affected: 54669 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_289.5_76.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Greenland

Duration: 8 days

Time span: June 03 2020 to June 10 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -5.3 °C
• Mean temperature: -14.3 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -8.3 °C
• Minimum temperature: -21.1 °C

Event center: 76.5°N 292.5°E

Area affected: 489339 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-03_to_2020-Jun-10_292.5_76.5

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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: March 24 2020 to March 27 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -8.3 °C
• Mean temperature: -40.1 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -9.6 °C
• Minimum temperature: -44.7 °C

Event center: 72.5°N 324.0°E

Area affected: 74267 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-Mar-24_to_2020-Mar-27_324.0_72.5

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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: March 14 2020 to March 17 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -12.4 °C
• Mean temperature: -32.9 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -16.3 °C
• Minimum temperature: -39.6 °C

Event center: 66.0°N 312.0°E

Area affected: 141468 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-Mar-14_to_2020-Mar-17_312.0_66.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Greenland

Duration: 10 days

Time span: January 27 2020 to February 05 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -9.1 °C
• Mean temperature: -27.4 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -16.3 °C
• Minimum temperature: -47.9 °C

Event center: 83.0°N 323.0°E

Area affected: 750805 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-Jan-27_to_2020-Feb-05_323.0_83.0