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: 7 days

Time span: March 04 2024 to March 10 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -7.0 °C
• Mean temperature: -36.2 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -10.6 °C
• Minimum temperature: -45.0 °C

Event center: -74.5°S 351.5°E

Area affected: 422917 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-Mar-04_to_2024-Mar-10_351.5_-74.5

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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 02 2024 to March 05 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.4 °C
• Mean temperature: -46.3 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -9.1 °C
• Minimum temperature: -53.3 °C

Event center: -86.5°S 276.0°E

Area affected: 157031 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-Mar-02_to_2024-Mar-05_276.0_-86.5

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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: February 21 2024 to February 24 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -3.2 °C
• Mean temperature: -4.4 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -6.9 °C
• Minimum temperature: -11.3 °C

Event center: -67.5°S 36.0°E

Area affected: 166967 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-Feb-21_to_2024-Feb-24_36.0_-67.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Antarctica

Duration: 3 days

Time span: February 21 2024 to February 23 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -5.4 °C
• Mean temperature: -14.5 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -8.0 °C
• Minimum temperature: -26.4 °C

Event center: -67.0°S 44.0°E

Area affected: 52783 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-Feb-21_to_2024-Feb-23_44.0_-67.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Antarctica

Duration: 12 days

Time span: February 20 2024 to March 02 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -8.2 °C
• Mean temperature: -28.3 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -11.9 °C
• Minimum temperature: -34.5 °C

Event center: -84.5°S 205.0°E

Area affected: 362367 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-Feb-20_to_2024-Mar-02_205.0_-84.5

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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: February 19 2024 to February 23 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.4 °C
• Mean temperature: -13.7 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -9.2 °C
• Minimum temperature: -25.1 °C

Event center: -74.0°S 290.0°E

Area affected: 335585 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-Feb-19_to_2024-Feb-23_290.0_-74.0

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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: February 16 2024 to February 21 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -7.2 °C
• Mean temperature: -38.4 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -10.1 °C
• Minimum temperature: -49.1 °C

Event center: -70.0°S 108.0°E

Area affected: 478175 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-Feb-16_to_2024-Feb-21_108.0_-70.0