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: October 15 2020 to October 17 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -5.9 °C
• Mean temperature: -55.9 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -6.9 °C
• Minimum temperature: -58.2 °C

Event center: -73.5°S 112.0°E

Area affected: 65734 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-15_to_2020-Oct-17_112.0_-73.5

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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: October 15 2020 to October 25 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -7.2 °C
• Mean temperature: -36.8 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -12.0 °C
• Minimum temperature: -46.8 °C

Event center: -83.5°S 168.0°E

Area affected: 100252 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-15_to_2020-Oct-25_168.0_-83.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Antarctica

Duration: 13 days

Time span: October 13 2020 to October 25 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.6 °C
• Mean temperature: -23.2 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -14.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: -49.6 °C

Event center: -62.5°S 144.5°E

Area affected: 3507255 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-13_to_2020-Oct-25_144.5_-62.5

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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 13 2020 to October 22 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -7.9 °C
• Mean temperature: -53.3 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -10.3 °C
• Minimum temperature: -60.1 °C

Event center: -72.0°S 2.5°E

Area affected: 1452461 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-13_to_2020-Oct-22_354.0_-74.0

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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: October 10 2020 to October 13 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -9.6 °C
• Mean temperature: -34.0 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -14.9 °C
• Minimum temperature: -39.3 °C

Event center: -74.5°S 284.0°E

Area affected: 96988 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-10_to_2020-Oct-13_284.0_-74.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Antarctica

Duration: 7 days

Time span: October 06 2020 to October 12 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -7.8 °C
• Mean temperature: -52.4 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -10.5 °C
• Minimum temperature: -59.8 °C

Event center: -73.5°S 9.5°E

Area affected: 120183 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-06_to_2020-Oct-12_9.5_-73.5