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: 3 days

Time span: July 19 2010 to July 21 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -10.1 °C
• Mean temperature: -61.2 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -12.4 °C
• Minimum temperature: -65.5 °C

Event center: -73.0°S 96.0°E

Area affected: 56893 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-Jul-19_to_2010-Jul-21_96.0_-73.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Antarctica

Duration: 4 days

Time span: July 17 2010 to July 20 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.5 °C
• Mean temperature: -29.0 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -8.9 °C
• Minimum temperature: -38.7 °C

Event center: -71.5°S 170.0°E

Area affected: 51526 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-Jul-17_to_2010-Jul-20_170.0_-71.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Antarctica

Duration: 24 days

Time span: July 10 2010 to August 02 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -13.8 °C
• Mean temperature: -41.3 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -26.0 °C
• Minimum temperature: -62.5 °C

Event center: -76.5°S 218.0°E

Area affected: 4646909 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-Jul-10_to_2010-Aug-02_218.0_-76.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Antarctica

Duration: 6 days

Time span: June 30 2010 to July 05 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -7.7 °C
• Mean temperature: -32.4 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -12.9 °C
• Minimum temperature: -45.1 °C

Event center: -73.5°S 300.0°E

Area affected: 102494 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-Jun-30_to_2010-Jul-05_300.0_-73.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Antarctica

Duration: 22 days

Time span: June 25 2010 to July 16 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -9.7 °C
• Mean temperature: -50.7 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -19.1 °C
• Minimum temperature: -77.5 °C

Event center: -70.0°S 26.0°E

Area affected: 11748568 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-Jun-25_to_2010-Jul-16_26.0_-70.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Antarctica

Duration: 8 days

Time span: June 21 2010 to June 28 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -9.2 °C
• Mean temperature: -16.0 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -16.5 °C
• Minimum temperature: -34.6 °C

Event center: -61.0°S 34.5°E

Area affected: 2941211 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-Jun-21_to_2010-Jun-28_34.5_-61.0