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: 22 days

Time span: November 02 2020 to November 23 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -5.7 °C
• Mean temperature: -16.2 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -11.5 °C
• Minimum temperature: -40.5 °C

Event center: -78.0°S 232.5°E

Area affected: 8554762 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_2020-Nov-02_to_2020-Nov-23_232.5_-78.0

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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: November 01 2020 to November 06 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -5.8 °C
• Mean temperature: -51.3 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -6.6 °C
• Minimum temperature: -53.5 °C

Event center: -82.0°S 86.0°E

Area affected: 61495 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_2020-Nov-01_to_2020-Nov-06_86.0_-82.0

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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: October 30 2020 to November 08 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -7.5 °C
• Mean temperature: -47.7 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -11.3 °C
• Minimum temperature: -54.1 °C

Event center: -75.5°S 7.5°E

Area affected: 762325 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_2020-Oct-30_to_2020-Nov-08_7.5_-75.5

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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: October 26 2020 to October 31 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -5.2 °C
• Mean temperature: -7.7 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -9.4 °C
• Minimum temperature: -28.7 °C

Event center: -63.0°S 203.5°E

Area affected: 4084715 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_2020-Oct-26_to_2020-Oct-31_203.5_-63.0

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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: October 23 2020 to October 28 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -7.0 °C
• Mean temperature: -24.4 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -10.5 °C
• Minimum temperature: -37.2 °C

Event center: -72.0°S 229.5°E

Area affected: 489999 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_2020-Oct-23_to_2020-Oct-28_229.5_-72.0

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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: October 19 2020 to October 24 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.3 °C
• Mean temperature: -11.5 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -8.6 °C
• Minimum temperature: -18.5 °C

Event center: -57.5°S 351.0°E

Area affected: 2439720 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_2020-Oct-19_to_2020-Oct-24_351.0_-57.5