Category: Cold spells affecting Svalbard and Jan Mayen

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Svalbard and Jan Mayen

Duration: 9 days

Time span: September 19 2023 to September 27 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.9 °C
• Mean temperature: -6.3 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -10.3 °C
• Minimum temperature: -15.2 °C

Event center: 79.0°N 18.0°E

Area affected: 63451 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-Sep-19_to_2023-Sep-27_18.0_79.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Svalbard and Jan Mayen

Duration: 5 days

Time span: June 05 2023 to June 09 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -1.4 °C
• Mean temperature: -1.2 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -2.1 °C
• Minimum temperature: -1.8 °C

Event center: 75.0°N 351.0°E

Area affected: 105760 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-Jun-05_to_2023-Jun-09_6.0_79.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Svalbard and Jan Mayen

Duration: 6 days

Time span: March 31 2023 to April 05 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -8.6 °C
• Mean temperature: -24.8 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -12.4 °C
• Minimum temperature: -26.6 °C

Event center: 80.5°N 13.5°E

Area affected: 87458 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-Mar-31_to_2023-Apr-05_13.5_80.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Svalbard and Jan Mayen

Duration: 4 days

Time span: March 04 2023 to March 07 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -5.4 °C
• Mean temperature: -6.3 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -6.5 °C
• Minimum temperature: -8.9 °C

Event center: 73.0°N 10.0°E

Area affected: 55993 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-Mar-04_to_2023-Mar-07_10.0_73.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Svalbard and Jan Mayen

Duration: 9 days

Time span: June 20 2022 to June 28 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -1.2 °C
• Mean temperature: -0.4 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -2.7 °C
• Minimum temperature: -2.4 °C

Event center: 81.0°N 26.0°E

Area affected: 70975 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-Jun-20_to_2022-Jun-28_26.0_81.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Svalbard and Jan Mayen

Duration: 7 days

Time span: May 06 2022 to May 12 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.8 °C
• Mean temperature: -8.3 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -9.3 °C
• Minimum temperature: -20.3 °C

Event center: 79.0°N 15.5°E

Area affected: 103835 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-May-06_to_2022-May-12_15.5_79.0