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: 5 days

Time span: March 06 2012 to March 10 2012

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -5.8 °C
• Mean temperature: -37.0 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -8.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: -47.3 °C

Event center: -69.5°S 55.0°E

Area affected: 134837 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_2012-Mar-06_to_2012-Mar-10_55.0_-69.5

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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: March 06 2012 to March 10 2012

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.4 °C
• Mean temperature: -53.5 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -7.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: -57.3 °C

Event center: -73.0°S 120.5°E

Area affected: 78307 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_2012-Mar-06_to_2012-Mar-10_120.5_-73.0

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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: March 05 2012 to March 09 2012

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.3 °C
• Mean temperature: -48.1 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -7.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: -56.4 °C

Event center: -79.5°S 31.0°E

Area affected: 141367 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_2012-Mar-05_to_2012-Mar-09_31.0_-79.5

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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: March 04 2012 to March 10 2012

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.8 °C
• Mean temperature: -44.1 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -13.2 °C
• Minimum temperature: -50.0 °C

Event center: -73.5°S 156.0°E

Area affected: 599644 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_2012-Mar-04_to_2012-Mar-10_156.0_-73.5

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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: March 04 2012 to March 07 2012

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.7 °C
• Mean temperature: -4.7 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -6.4 °C
• Minimum temperature: -15.1 °C

Event center: -68.0°S 15.0°E

Area affected: 285545 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_2012-Mar-04_to_2012-Mar-07_15.0_-68.0

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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: March 03 2012 to March 08 2012

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.7 °C
• Mean temperature: -30.1 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -10.7 °C
• Minimum temperature: -43.4 °C

Event center: -70.5°S 43.0°E

Area affected: 145113 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_2012-Mar-03_to_2012-Mar-08_43.0_-70.5

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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: February 27 2012 to March 07 2012

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.7 °C
• Mean temperature: -9.5 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -11.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: -34.6 °C

Event center: -69.5°S 266.0°E

Area affected: 1465834 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_2012-Feb-27_to_2012-Mar-07_266.0_-69.5