Category: Cold spells affecting Réunion

Cold spell occuring from July 18 2020 to July 29 2020 at -24.5°S 57.5°E

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Event type: Cold spell

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

  • Madagascar
  • Réunion

Duration: 12 days

Time span: July 18 2020 to July 29 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: -2.5 °C
  • Mean temperature: 14.3 °C
  • Minimum temperature anomaly: -6.6 °C
  • Minimum temperature: -0.1 °C

Event center: -24.5°S 57.5°E

Area affected: 4909589 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-18_to_2020-Jul-29_57.5_-24.5

Cold spell occuring from June 04 2020 to June 11 2020 at -28.5°S 61.0°E

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Event type: Cold spell

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

  • Réunion

Duration: 8 days

Time span: June 04 2020 to June 11 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: -2.1 °C
  • Mean temperature: 17.6 °C
  • Minimum temperature anomaly: -4.0 °C
  • Minimum temperature: 12.4 °C

Event center: -28.5°S 61.0°E

Area affected: 1578288 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-04_to_2020-Jun-11_61.0_-28.5

Cold spell occuring from January 17 2020 to February 11 2020 at -26.0°S 56.0°E

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Event type: Cold spell

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

  • Réunion

Duration: 26 days

Time span: January 17 2020 to February 11 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: -2.4 °C
  • Mean temperature: 19.2 °C
  • Minimum temperature anomaly: -5.0 °C
  • Minimum temperature: 6.6 °C

Event center: -26.0°S 56.0°E

Area affected: 6386185 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-Jan-17_to_2020-Feb-11_56.0_-26.0