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: 8 days

Time span: November 06 2024 to November 13 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.3 °C
• Mean temperature: -12.1 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -10.0 °C
• Minimum temperature: -24.0 °C

Event center: -71.5°S 71.5°E

Area affected: 143896 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_2024-Nov-06_to_2024-Nov-13_71.5_-71.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Antarctica

Duration: 32 days

Time span: November 05 2024 to December 06 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.8 °C
• Mean temperature: -14.4 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -12.9 °C
• Minimum temperature: -40.7 °C

Event center: -73.5°S 168.5°E

Area affected: 8493919 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_2024-Nov-05_to_2024-Dec-06_168.5_-73.5

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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: November 02 2024 to November 07 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -7.0 °C
• Mean temperature: -22.9 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -10.9 °C
• Minimum temperature: -33.8 °C

Event center: -78.5°S 272.5°E

Area affected: 257650 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_2024-Nov-02_to_2024-Nov-07_272.5_-78.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Antarctica

Duration: 5 days

Time span: November 02 2024 to November 06 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.5 °C
• Mean temperature: -32.1 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -9.7 °C
• Minimum temperature: -38.9 °C

Event center: -85.5°S 227.0°E

Area affected: 80902 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_2024-Nov-02_to_2024-Nov-06_227.0_-85.5

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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: November 01 2024 to November 07 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -3.8 °C
• Mean temperature: -5.8 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -6.2 °C
• Minimum temperature: -9.4 °C

Event center: -65.5°S 270.5°E

Area affected: 405935 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_2024-Nov-01_to_2024-Nov-07_270.5_-65.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Antarctica

Duration: 5 days

Time span: October 23 2024 to October 27 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -3.4 °C
• Mean temperature: -4.5 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -7.5 °C
• Minimum temperature: -12.1 °C

Event center: -60.5°S 311.0°E

Area affected: 366220 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_2024-Oct-23_to_2024-Oct-27_311.0_-60.5