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: 5 days

Time span: February 24 2013 to February 28 2013

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -9.1 °C
• Mean temperature: -10.9 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -12.9 °C
• Minimum temperature: -15.4 °C

Event center: 40.5°N 245.5°E

Area affected: 56771 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-Feb-24_to_2013-Feb-28_245.5_40.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• United States

Duration: 8 days

Time span: February 21 2013 to February 28 2013

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.5 °C
• Mean temperature: -2.7 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -10.9 °C
• Minimum temperature: -8.2 °C

Event center: 33.5°N 250.5°E

Area affected: 119807 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-Feb-21_to_2013-Feb-28_250.5_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: February 21 2013 to February 23 2013

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -10.8 °C
• Mean temperature: -6.7 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -14.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: -11.2 °C

Event center: 37.0°N 260.5°E

Area affected: 129754 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-Feb-21_to_2013-Feb-23_260.5_37.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• United States

Duration: 12 days

Time span: February 16 2013 to February 27 2013

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -1.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 21.9 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -2.6 °C
• Minimum temperature: 7.1 °C

Event center: 19.0°N 205.0°E

Area affected: 534645 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-Feb-16_to_2013-Feb-27_205.0_19.0

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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: February 10 2013 to February 14 2013

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -8.8 °C
• Mean temperature: -10.2 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -12.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: -14.6 °C

Event center: 39.5°N 246.0°E

Area affected: 67204 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-Feb-10_to_2013-Feb-14_246.0_39.5

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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: January 17 2013 to January 23 2013

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 1.2 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -6.3 °C
• Minimum temperature: -0.8 °C

Event center: 47.0°N 236.0°E

Area affected: 54666 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-Jan-17_to_2013-Jan-23_236.0_47.0