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: 9 days

Time span: April 13 2013 to April 21 2013

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -1.7 °C
• Mean temperature: 10.6 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -3.3 °C
• Minimum temperature: 5.8 °C

Event center: 37.0°N 235.0°E

Area affected: 424271 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-Apr-13_to_2013-Apr-21_235.0_37.0

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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: April 11 2013 to April 14 2013

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -7.0 °C
• Mean temperature: -1.5 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -9.2 °C
• Minimum temperature: -3.9 °C

Event center: 45.0°N 272.0°E

Area affected: 164771 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-Apr-11_to_2013-Apr-14_272.0_45.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• United States

Duration: 3 days

Time span: April 03 2013 to April 05 2013

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -7.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 9.5 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -10.6 °C
• Minimum temperature: 6.0 °C

Event center: 33.5°N 261.5°E

Area affected: 68113 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-Apr-03_to_2013-Apr-05_261.5_33.5

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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 02 2013 to April 04 2013

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 3.1 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -8.4 °C
• Minimum temperature: -1.3 °C

Event center: 39.5°N 282.5°E

Area affected: 124471 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-Apr-02_to_2013-Apr-04_282.5_39.5

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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 02 2013 to April 04 2013

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -9.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 4.2 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -11.6 °C
• Minimum temperature: 0.9 °C

Event center: 36.0°N 259.5°E

Area affected: 133173 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-Apr-02_to_2013-Apr-04_259.5_36.0

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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: March 27 2013 to April 04 2013

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -1.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 21.1 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -3.0 °C
• Minimum temperature: 14.9 °C

Event center: 21.5°N 202.0°E

Area affected: 2804854 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-Mar-27_to_2013-Apr-04_202.0_21.5