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: 11 days

Time span: July 01 2025 to July 11 2025

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -3.4 °C
• Mean temperature: -4.6 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -7.5 °C
• Minimum temperature: -15.0 °C

Event center: 78.5°N 336.0°E

Area affected: 304031 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_2025-Jul-01_to_2025-Jul-11_336.0_78.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Greenland

Duration: 9 days

Time span: June 13 2025 to June 21 2025

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.0 °C
• Mean temperature: -2.0 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -5.3 °C
• Minimum temperature: -8.9 °C

Event center: 82.0°N 335.0°E

Area affected: 57638 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_2025-Jun-13_to_2025-Jun-21_335.0_82.0

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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 24 2025 to May 27 2025

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -5.5 °C
• Mean temperature: -20.4 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -8.4 °C
• Minimum temperature: -25.2 °C

Event center: 77.5°N 302.0°E

Area affected: 219762 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_2025-May-24_to_2025-May-27_302.0_77.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Greenland

Duration: 6 days

Time span: April 13 2025 to April 18 2025

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -5.7 °C
• Mean temperature: -11.3 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -9.2 °C
• Minimum temperature: -30.0 °C

Event center: 65.0°N 319.5°E

Area affected: 70416 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_2025-Apr-13_to_2025-Apr-18_319.5_65.0

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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: March 26 2025 to April 02 2025

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -7.0 °C
• Mean temperature: -30.2 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -10.6 °C
• Minimum temperature: -39.4 °C

Event center: 71.5°N 331.5°E

Area affected: 77518 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_2025-Mar-26_to_2025-Apr-02_331.5_71.5

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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: March 26 2025 to April 04 2025

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -7.7 °C
• Mean temperature: -35.9 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -11.2 °C
• Minimum temperature: -47.0 °C

Event center: 79.0°N 322.5°E

Area affected: 170141 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_2025-Mar-26_to_2025-Apr-04_322.5_79.0