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: 3 days

Time span: January 22 2024 to January 24 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -3.8 °C
• Mean temperature: -32.2 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -4.6 °C
• Minimum temperature: -35.0 °C

Event center: -72.5°S 51.0°E

Area affected: 78687 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-22_to_2024-Jan-24_51.0_-72.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Antarctica

Duration: 16 days

Time span: January 22 2024 to February 06 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.0 °C
• Mean temperature: 1.6 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -3.7 °C
• Minimum temperature: -3.4 °C

Event center: -62.5°S 255.0°E

Area affected: 3348202 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-22_to_2024-Feb-06_255.0_-62.5

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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: January 20 2024 to January 25 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -1.8 °C
• Mean temperature: -1.2 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -4.2 °C
• Minimum temperature: -8.8 °C

Event center: -62.0°S 302.0°E

Area affected: 68659 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-20_to_2024-Jan-25_302.0_-62.0

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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: January 20 2024 to January 26 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -5.2 °C
• Mean temperature: -32.3 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -6.9 °C
• Minimum temperature: -37.8 °C

Event center: -71.0°S 124.5°E

Area affected: 219589 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-20_to_2024-Jan-26_124.5_-71.0

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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: January 19 2024 to January 22 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -3.9 °C
• Mean temperature: -37.9 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -5.0 °C
• Minimum temperature: -40.8 °C

Event center: -80.0°S 100.5°E

Area affected: 251757 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-19_to_2024-Jan-22_100.5_-80.0

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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: January 19 2024 to January 24 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -1.5 °C
• Mean temperature: 0.7 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -2.1 °C
• Minimum temperature: -0.0 °C

Event center: -63.0°S 267.5°E

Area affected: 75588 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-19_to_2024-Jan-24_267.5_-63.0