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: 6 days

Time span: March 17 2024 to March 22 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 5.2 °C
• Mean temperature: -5.8 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 12.5 °C
• Maximum temperature: 0.8 °C

Event center: -66.0°S 114.5°E

Area affected: 417934 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_2024-Mar-17_to_2024-Mar-22_114.5_-66.0

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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 2024 to March 19 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 8.9 °C
• Mean temperature: -24.0 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 12.8 °C
• Maximum temperature: -4.0 °C

Event center: -69.5°S 141.0°E

Area affected: 321293 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_2024-Mar-15_to_2024-Mar-19_141.0_-69.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Antarctica

Duration: 6 days

Time span: March 15 2024 to March 20 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 7.1 °C
• Mean temperature: -44.3 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 10.6 °C
• Maximum temperature: -35.8 °C

Event center: -77.0°S 51.0°E

Area affected: 151692 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_2024-Mar-15_to_2024-Mar-20_51.0_-77.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Antarctica

Duration: 17 days

Time span: March 10 2024 to March 26 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 9.9 °C
• Mean temperature: -30.2 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 19.8 °C
• Maximum temperature: -0.4 °C

Event center: -81.0°S 335.0°E

Area affected: 3751528 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_2024-Mar-10_to_2024-Mar-26_335.0_-81.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Antarctica

Duration: 7 days

Time span: March 10 2024 to March 16 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 8.5 °C
• Mean temperature: -27.9 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 13.2 °C
• Maximum temperature: -8.8 °C

Event center: -74.0°S 156.5°E

Area affected: 201676 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_2024-Mar-10_to_2024-Mar-16_156.5_-74.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Antarctica

Duration: 12 days

Time span: March 09 2024 to March 20 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 7.8 °C
• Mean temperature: -5.7 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 19.4 °C
• Maximum temperature: 3.3 °C

Event center: -79.0°S 219.0°E

Area affected: 2346236 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_2024-Mar-09_to_2024-Mar-20_219.0_-79.0

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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 04 2024 to March 08 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 6.4 °C
• Mean temperature: -44.3 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 9.1 °C
• Maximum temperature: -38.6 °C

Event center: -79.5°S 56.5°E

Area affected: 156622 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_2024-Mar-04_to_2024-Mar-08_56.5_-79.5