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: July 18 2024 to July 28 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -11.8 °C
• Mean temperature: -23.1 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -15.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: -32.7 °C

Event center: -69.0°S 249.5°E

Area affected: 971067 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-Jul-18_to_2024-Jul-28_249.5_-69.0

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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: July 11 2024 to July 20 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -9.2 °C
• Mean temperature: -28.9 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -16.3 °C
• Minimum temperature: -41.9 °C

Event center: -68.0°S 353.0°E

Area affected: 952089 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-Jul-11_to_2024-Jul-20_353.0_-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: July 10 2024 to July 17 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -10.0 °C
• Mean temperature: -26.7 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -20.1 °C
• Minimum temperature: -43.2 °C

Event center: -67.0°S 62.0°E

Area affected: 686765 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-Jul-10_to_2024-Jul-17_62.0_-67.0

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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: July 10 2024 to July 14 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -10.1 °C
• Mean temperature: -37.9 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -16.2 °C
• Minimum temperature: -51.8 °C

Event center: -67.5°S 51.0°E

Area affected: 176951 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-Jul-10_to_2024-Jul-14_51.0_-67.5

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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: July 09 2024 to July 18 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -11.8 °C
• Mean temperature: -41.6 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -21.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: -56.8 °C

Event center: -77.5°S 199.0°E

Area affected: 2507722 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-Jul-09_to_2024-Jul-18_199.0_-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: July 04 2024 to July 11 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.7 °C
• Mean temperature: -13.7 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -16.1 °C
• Minimum temperature: -49.6 °C

Event center: -64.0°S 95.0°E

Area affected: 2188777 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-Jul-04_to_2024-Jul-11_95.0_-64.0