Category: Cold spells affecting Saudi Arabia

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Saudi Arabia

Duration: 5 days

Time span: February 14 2023 to February 18 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.8 °C
• Mean temperature: 8.2 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -6.1 °C
• Minimum temperature: 6.5 °C

Event center: 29.5°N 42.5°E

Area affected: 67880 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_2023-Feb-14_to_2023-Feb-18_42.5_29.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Saudi Arabia

Duration: 9 days

Time span: December 23 2022 to December 31 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.4 °C
• Mean temperature: 13.9 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -8.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: 8.2 °C

Event center: 21.5°N 40.0°E

Area affected: 192262 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_2022-Dec-23_to_2022-Dec-31_40.0_21.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Saudi Arabia

Duration: 4 days

Time span: September 29 2022 to October 02 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 26.8 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -3.5 °C
• Minimum temperature: 24.6 °C

Event center: 24.5°N 42.0°E

Area affected: 69646 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_2022-Sep-29_to_2022-Oct-02_42.0_24.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Saudi Arabia

Duration: 5 days

Time span: September 19 2022 to September 23 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -3.0 °C
• Mean temperature: 28.3 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -4.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: 23.6 °C

Event center: 24.0°N 39.5°E

Area affected: 106459 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_2022-Sep-19_to_2022-Sep-23_39.5_24.0