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: 3 days

Time span: March 19 2026 to March 21 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 8.8 °C
• Mean temperature: -42.6 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 11.5 °C
• Maximum temperature: -33.7 °C

Event center: -75.5°S 40.5°E

Area affected: 176741 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_2026-Mar-19_to_2026-Mar-21_40.5_-75.5

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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: March 16 2026 to March 26 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 10.0 °C
• Mean temperature: -32.5 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 17.3 °C
• Maximum temperature: -5.4 °C

Event center: -73.0°S 130.5°E

Area affected: 862012 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_2026-Mar-16_to_2026-Mar-26_130.5_-73.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Antarctica

Duration: 5 days

Time span: March 15 2026 to March 19 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 3.4 °C
• Mean temperature: 0.0 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 8.0 °C
• Maximum temperature: 0.8 °C

Event center: -72.0°S 267.0°E

Area affected: 320458 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_2026-Mar-15_to_2026-Mar-19_267.0_-72.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Antarctica

Duration: 3 days

Time span: March 13 2026 to March 15 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 10.8 °C
• Mean temperature: -25.8 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 14.9 °C
• Maximum temperature: -11.2 °C

Event center: -73.5°S 155.0°E

Area affected: 137572 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_2026-Mar-13_to_2026-Mar-15_155.0_-73.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Antarctica

Duration: 4 days

Time span: February 09 2026 to February 12 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 2.1 °C
• Mean temperature: -0.9 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 3.7 °C
• Maximum temperature: -0.2 °C

Event center: -73.5°S 328.0°E

Area affected: 50827 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_2026-Feb-09_to_2026-Feb-12_328.0_-73.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Antarctica

Duration: 3 days

Time span: January 24 2026 to January 26 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 3.8 °C
• Mean temperature: -26.2 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 6.1 °C
• Maximum temperature: -23.1 °C

Event center: -76.5°S 141.5°E

Area affected: 114418 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_2026-Jan-24_to_2026-Jan-26_141.5_-76.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Antarctica

Duration: 8 days

Time span: January 08 2026 to January 15 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 4.8 °C
• Mean temperature: -22.0 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 6.5 °C
• Maximum temperature: 1.3 °C

Event center: -76.5°S 40.0°E

Area affected: 839798 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_2026-Jan-08_to_2026-Jan-15_40.0_-76.5