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: 10 days

Time span: April 10 2024 to April 19 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -1.8 °C
• Mean temperature: 21.1 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -4.3 °C
• Minimum temperature: 15.5 °C

Event center: 24.0°N 188.0°E

Area affected: 2733133 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-Apr-10_to_2024-Apr-19_188.0_24.0

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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: April 08 2024 to April 10 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -7.4 °C
• Mean temperature: -22.7 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -12.6 °C
• Minimum temperature: -28.9 °C

Event center: 70.5°N 200.5°E

Area affected: 137567 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-Apr-08_to_2024-Apr-10_200.5_70.5

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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: April 05 2024 to April 09 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -7.5 °C
• Mean temperature: -1.0 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -10.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: -5.2 °C

Event center: 42.5°N 243.0°E

Area affected: 95110 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-Apr-05_to_2024-Apr-09_243.0_42.5

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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: March 18 2024 to March 21 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.6 °C
• Mean temperature: -1.1 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -4.5 °C
• Minimum temperature: -4.8 °C

Event center: 52.5°N 177.5°E

Area affected: 145994 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-Mar-18_to_2024-Mar-21_177.5_52.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• United States

Duration: 7 days

Time span: March 11 2024 to March 17 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.1 °C
• Mean temperature: -2.7 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -7.0 °C
• Minimum temperature: -8.6 °C

Event center: 53.0°N 191.5°E

Area affected: 232319 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-Mar-11_to_2024-Mar-17_191.5_53.0

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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: March 10 2024 to March 14 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -9.9 °C
• Mean temperature: -17.0 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -12.5 °C
• Minimum temperature: -21.7 °C

Event center: 58.5°N 196.5°E

Area affected: 54264 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-Mar-10_to_2024-Mar-14_196.5_58.5