Category: Cold spells affecting Ireland

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Ireland
• United Kingdom

Duration: 9 days

Time span: January 02 2025 to January 10 2025

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -5.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 0.4 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -8.3 °C
• Minimum temperature: -2.9 °C

Event center: 52.5°N 353.5°E

Area affected: 97715 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-Jan-02_to_2025-Jan-10_353.5_52.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Ireland
• United Kingdom

Duration: 4 days

Time span: December 09 2024 to December 12 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -3.8 °C
• Mean temperature: 3.9 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -7.1 °C
• Minimum temperature: -0.8 °C

Event center: 53.5°N 350.0°E

Area affected: 59129 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_2024-Dec-09_to_2024-Dec-12_350.0_53.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Ireland
• United Kingdom

Duration: 5 days

Time span: October 10 2024 to October 14 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -3.5 °C
• Mean temperature: 7.8 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -6.3 °C
• Minimum temperature: 3.5 °C

Event center: 54.5°N 357.5°E

Area affected: 185975 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_2024-Oct-10_to_2024-Oct-14_357.5_54.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Ireland
• United Kingdom

Duration: 7 days

Time span: July 02 2024 to July 08 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -1.8 °C
• Mean temperature: 12.0 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -3.7 °C
• Minimum temperature: 8.7 °C

Event center: 52.0°N 351.5°E

Area affected: 517269 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_2024-Jul-02_to_2024-Jul-08_351.5_52.0