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: 6 days

Time span: February 16 2024 to February 21 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.9 °C
• Mean temperature: -42.3 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -6.9 °C
• Minimum temperature: -47.0 °C

Event center: -89.0°S 350.0°E

Area affected: 94438 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_350.0_-89.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Antarctica

Duration: 23 days

Time span: February 13 2024 to March 06 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.0 °C
• Mean temperature: -38.3 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -11.0 °C
• Minimum temperature: -57.2 °C

Event center: -77.0°S 155.0°E

Area affected: 3822889 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-13_to_2024-Mar-06_155.0_-77.0

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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: February 08 2024 to February 14 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.0 °C
• Mean temperature: -20.3 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -9.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: -24.2 °C

Event center: -85.0°S 222.0°E

Area affected: 127598 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-08_to_2024-Feb-14_222.0_-85.0

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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: February 07 2024 to February 11 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -5.3 °C
• Mean temperature: -26.8 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -10.0 °C
• Minimum temperature: -42.8 °C

Event center: -65.5°S 87.5°E

Area affected: 728061 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-07_to_2024-Feb-11_87.5_-65.5

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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: January 29 2024 to February 02 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -1.9 °C
• Mean temperature: -4.4 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -5.3 °C
• Minimum temperature: -21.4 °C

Event center: -70.0°S 166.0°E

Area affected: 147819 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-Jan-29_to_2024-Feb-02_166.0_-70.0