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: 11 days

Time span: October 03 2024 to October 13 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -9.0 °C
• Mean temperature: -28.7 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -16.1 °C
• Minimum temperature: -45.4 °C

Event center: -77.5°S 313.0°E

Area affected: 1382292 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-03_to_2024-Oct-13_313.0_-77.5

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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: October 01 2024 to October 08 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -7.1 °C
• Mean temperature: -16.6 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -10.7 °C
• Minimum temperature: -26.5 °C

Event center: -66.0°S 120.0°E

Area affected: 330014 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-01_to_2024-Oct-08_120.0_-66.0

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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: September 30 2024 to October 04 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.0 °C
• Mean temperature: -27.5 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -10.0 °C
• Minimum temperature: -37.8 °C

Event center: -68.0°S 66.0°E

Area affected: 150406 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-Sep-30_to_2024-Oct-04_66.0_-68.0

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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: September 24 2024 to October 01 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.2 °C
• Mean temperature: -23.0 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -10.1 °C
• Minimum temperature: -31.4 °C

Event center: -69.5°S 27.0°E

Area affected: 155398 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-Sep-24_to_2024-Oct-01_27.0_-69.5

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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: September 23 2024 to September 28 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -12.3 °C
• Mean temperature: -45.8 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -16.6 °C
• Minimum temperature: -50.4 °C

Event center: -81.5°S 166.0°E

Area affected: 136791 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-Sep-23_to_2024-Sep-28_166.0_-81.5