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: 4 days

Time span: August 24 2013 to August 27 2013

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.9 °C
• Mean temperature: 22.9 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -4.7 °C
• Minimum temperature: 20.4 °C

Event center: 33.0°N 277.5°E

Area affected: 84727 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_2013-Aug-24_to_2013-Aug-27_277.5_33.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• United States

Duration: 9 days

Time span: August 19 2013 to August 27 2013

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -1.4 °C
• Mean temperature: 26.7 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -2.6 °C
• Minimum temperature: 25.1 °C

Event center: 26.0°N 274.0°E

Area affected: 455789 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_2013-Aug-19_to_2013-Aug-27_274.0_26.0

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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: August 17 2013 to August 28 2013

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.5 °C
• Mean temperature: -0.7 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -4.7 °C
• Minimum temperature: -2.3 °C

Event center: 72.0°N 195.5°E

Area affected: 131767 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_2013-Aug-17_to_2013-Aug-28_195.5_72.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• United States

Duration: 9 days

Time span: August 06 2013 to August 14 2013

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.1 °C
• Mean temperature: 14.7 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -6.9 °C
• Minimum temperature: 6.4 °C

Event center: 38.0°N 252.5°E

Area affected: 235762 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_2013-Aug-06_to_2013-Aug-14_252.5_38.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• United States

Duration: 9 days

Time span: August 04 2013 to August 12 2013

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -3.7 °C
• Mean temperature: 18.0 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -6.0 °C
• Minimum temperature: 10.7 °C

Event center: 40.0°N 236.0°E

Area affected: 110638 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_2013-Aug-04_to_2013-Aug-12_236.0_40.0

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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: July 27 2013 to July 30 2013

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.5 °C
• Mean temperature: 23.7 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -6.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: 14.6 °C

Event center: 37.0°N 245.0°E

Area affected: 88884 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_2013-Jul-27_to_2013-Jul-30_245.0_37.0