Category: Cold spells affecting United States

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• United States

Duration: 12 days

Time span: June 29 2024 to July 10 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -1.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 8.2 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -2.4 °C
• Minimum temperature: 4.8 °C

Event center: 47.5°N 199.0°E

Area affected: 704072 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_2024-Jun-29_to_2024-Jul-10_199.0_47.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• United States

Duration: 4 days

Time span: June 18 2024 to June 21 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -5.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 15.0 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -8.0 °C
• Minimum temperature: 11.7 °C

Event center: 45.0°N 259.0°E

Area affected: 74422 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_2024-Jun-18_to_2024-Jun-21_259.0_45.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• United States

Duration: 5 days

Time span: June 12 2024 to June 16 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.9 °C
• Mean temperature: 3.0 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -4.3 °C
• Minimum temperature: 1.0 °C

Event center: 57.5°N 197.0°E

Area affected: 69067 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_2024-Jun-12_to_2024-Jun-16_197.0_57.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• United States

Duration: 4 days

Time span: June 10 2024 to June 13 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 19.5 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -7.2 °C
• Minimum temperature: 16.3 °C

Event center: 37.0°N 273.5°E

Area affected: 207550 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_2024-Jun-10_to_2024-Jun-13_273.5_37.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• United States

Duration: 3 days

Time span: May 25 2024 to May 27 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.2 °C
• Mean temperature: -3.5 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -8.4 °C
• Minimum temperature: -6.7 °C

Event center: 68.0°N 201.5°E

Area affected: 50400 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_2024-May-25_to_2024-May-27_201.5_68.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• United States

Duration: 4 days

Time span: May 22 2024 to May 25 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 2.9 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -6.1 °C
• Minimum temperature: -2.6 °C

Event center: 59.5°N 200.5°E

Area affected: 102746 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_2024-May-22_to_2024-May-25_200.5_59.5