Category: Extremes affecting Antarctica

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Antarctica

Duration: 16 days

Time span: August 31 2010 to September 15 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -7.6 °C
• Mean temperature: -14.0 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -16.4 °C
• Minimum temperature: -32.5 °C

Event center: -62.0°S 223.0°E

Area affected: 4742345 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_2010-Aug-31_to_2010-Sep-15_223.0_-62.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Antarctica

Duration: 11 days

Time span: August 29 2010 to September 08 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -13.0 °C
• Mean temperature: -46.6 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -18.2 °C
• Minimum temperature: -57.1 °C

Event center: -80.0°S 205.5°E

Area affected: 462531 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_2010-Aug-29_to_2010-Sep-08_205.5_-80.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Antarctica

Duration: 9 days

Time span: August 27 2010 to September 04 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -8.2 °C
• Mean temperature: -63.2 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -11.3 °C
• Minimum temperature: -71.0 °C

Event center: -88.5°S 50.0°E

Area affected: 419591 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_2010-Aug-27_to_2010-Sep-04_50.0_-88.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Antarctica

Duration: 5 days

Time span: August 17 2010 to August 21 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -8.5 °C
• Mean temperature: -69.6 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -11.3 °C
• Minimum temperature: -74.9 °C

Event center: -81.0°S 71.0°E

Area affected: 90444 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_2010-Aug-17_to_2010-Aug-21_71.0_-81.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Antarctica

Duration: 10 days

Time span: August 17 2010 to August 26 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -8.4 °C
• Mean temperature: -70.5 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -11.4 °C
• Minimum temperature: -74.8 °C

Event center: -81.5°S 55.0°E

Area affected: 60234 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_2010-Aug-17_to_2010-Aug-26_55.0_-81.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Antarctica

Duration: 9 days

Time span: August 07 2010 to August 15 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -9.7 °C
• Mean temperature: -34.7 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -18.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: -51.0 °C

Event center: -70.5°S 300.0°E

Area affected: 1132507 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_2010-Aug-07_to_2010-Aug-15_300.0_-70.5