Category: Cold spells affecting Namibia

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Namibia

Duration: 8 days

Time span: January 14 2025 to January 21 2025

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -1.8 °C
• Mean temperature: 17.2 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -3.6 °C
• Minimum temperature: 14.0 °C

Event center: -22.5°S 14.5°E

Area affected: 56550 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-14_to_2025-Jan-21_14.5_-22.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Namibia

Duration: 13 days

Time span: December 17 2024 to December 29 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -1.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 16.3 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -2.5 °C
• Minimum temperature: 14.2 °C

Event center: -22.0°S 14.0°E

Area affected: 86003 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-17_to_2024-Dec-29_14.0_-22.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Namibia

Duration: 6 days

Time span: October 25 2024 to October 30 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -3.9 °C
• Mean temperature: 18.2 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -8.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: 14.1 °C

Event center: -19.5°S 13.5°E

Area affected: 98891 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-25_to_2024-Oct-30_13.5_-19.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Namibia

Duration: 22 days

Time span: September 06 2024 to September 27 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.0 °C
• Mean temperature: 12.8 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -5.6 °C
• Minimum temperature: 9.6 °C

Event center: -24.5°S 14.5°E

Area affected: 188448 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-Sep-06_to_2024-Sep-27_14.5_-24.5