Category: Extremes affecting Antarctica

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Antarctica

Duration: 11 days

Time span: December 13 2024 to December 23 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 5.0 °C
• Mean temperature: -13.3 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 8.8 °C
• Maximum temperature: 0.1 °C

Event center: -85.0°S 183.0°E

Area affected: 1444499 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: Heat_wave_2024-Dec-13_to_2024-Dec-23_183.0_-85.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Antarctica

Duration: 6 days

Time span: December 11 2024 to December 16 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 1.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 0.6 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 1.7 °C
• Maximum temperature: 1.1 °C

Event center: -62.0°S 319.5°E

Area affected: 211420 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: Heat_wave_2024-Dec-11_to_2024-Dec-16_319.5_-62.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Antarctica

Duration: 7 days

Time span: December 09 2024 to December 15 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 2.0 °C
• Mean temperature: 0.7 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 3.3 °C
• Maximum temperature: 2.2 °C

Event center: -71.0°S 284.0°E

Area affected: 73696 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: Heat_wave_2024-Dec-09_to_2024-Dec-15_284.0_-71.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Antarctica

Duration: 11 days

Time span: December 07 2024 to December 17 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 0.9 °C
• Mean temperature: 0.6 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 1.5 °C
• Maximum temperature: 1.6 °C

Event center: -60.5°S 88.0°E

Area affected: 215196 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: Heat_wave_2024-Dec-07_to_2024-Dec-17_88.0_-60.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Antarctica

Duration: 6 days

Time span: December 05 2024 to December 10 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 3.0 °C
• Mean temperature: -3.2 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 5.4 °C
• Maximum temperature: 0.1 °C

Event center: -75.5°S 162.5°E

Area affected: 54480 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: Heat_wave_2024-Dec-05_to_2024-Dec-10_162.5_-75.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Antarctica

Duration: 7 days

Time span: December 05 2024 to December 11 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 5.2 °C
• Mean temperature: -8.8 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 7.6 °C
• Maximum temperature: 0.8 °C

Event center: -77.5°S 260.0°E

Area affected: 330566 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: Heat_wave_2024-Dec-05_to_2024-Dec-11_260.0_-77.5