Category: Cold spells affecting Papua New Guinea

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Papua New Guinea

Duration: 6 days

Time span: August 16 2026 to August 21 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -1.0 °C
• Mean temperature: 24.9 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -1.6 °C
• Minimum temperature: 23.0 °C

Event center: -10.0°S 152.5°E

Area affected: 94551 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-Aug-16_to_2026-Aug-21_152.5_-10.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Papua New Guinea

Duration: 7 days

Time span: August 14 2026 to August 20 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -1.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 23.8 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -1.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: 22.9 °C

Event center: -15.0°S 158.0°E

Area affected: 129094 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-Aug-14_to_2026-Aug-20_158.0_-15.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Papua New Guinea

Duration: 17 days

Time span: July 12 2026 to July 28 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -1.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 20.5 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -4.1 °C
• Minimum temperature: 12.7 °C

Event center: -9.0°S 147.5°E

Area affected: 100632 km$^2$

Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.

Event ID: Cold_spell_2026-Jul-12_to_2026-Jul-28_147.5_-9.0