Category: Cold spells affecting Portugal

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Portugal

Duration: 6 days

Time span: October 17 2020 to October 22 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 16.8 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -3.6 °C
• Minimum temperature: 13.5 °C

Event center: 41.0°N 337.5°E

Area affected: 353108 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-Oct-17_to_2020-Oct-22_337.5_41.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Portugal

Duration: 3 days

Time span: September 14 2020 to September 16 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.1 °C
• Mean temperature: 19.7 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -2.7 °C
• Minimum temperature: 18.3 °C

Event center: 39.5°N 328.5°E

Area affected: 78582 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-Sep-14_to_2020-Sep-16_328.5_39.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Portugal

Duration: 10 days

Time span: July 21 2020 to July 30 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -1.4 °C
• Mean temperature: 21.0 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -2.1 °C
• Minimum temperature: 18.5 °C

Event center: 34.0°N 333.0°E

Area affected: 873246 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-Jul-21_to_2020-Jul-30_333.0_34.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Portugal

Duration: 3 days

Time span: June 13 2020 to June 15 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.4 °C
• Mean temperature: 16.7 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -3.7 °C
• Minimum temperature: 15.3 °C

Event center: 37.5°N 332.5°E

Area affected: 56352 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-13_to_2020-Jun-15_332.5_37.5