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: October 20 2022 to October 25 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 6.4 °C
• Mean temperature: -7.6 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 9.3 °C
• Maximum temperature: -0.5 °C

Event center: -66.0°S 141.0°E

Area affected: 296832 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_2022-Oct-20_to_2022-Oct-25_141.0_-66.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Antarctica

Duration: 3 days

Time span: October 20 2022 to October 22 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 8.1 °C
• Mean temperature: -37.4 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 10.9 °C
• Maximum temperature: -32.6 °C

Event center: -79.0°S 27.0°E

Area affected: 114939 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_2022-Oct-20_to_2022-Oct-22_27.0_-79.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Antarctica

Duration: 4 days

Time span: October 18 2022 to October 21 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 9.9 °C
• Mean temperature: -13.8 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 15.5 °C
• Maximum temperature: -7.7 °C

Event center: -78.5°S 293.0°E

Area affected: 377778 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_2022-Oct-18_to_2022-Oct-21_293.0_-78.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Antarctica

Duration: 8 days

Time span: October 15 2022 to October 22 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 6.3 °C
• Mean temperature: -5.3 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 15.2 °C
• Maximum temperature: 3.5 °C

Event center: -66.0°S 13.5°E

Area affected: 4695829 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_2022-Oct-15_to_2022-Oct-22_13.5_-66.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Antarctica

Duration: 4 days

Time span: October 09 2022 to October 12 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 8.7 °C
• Mean temperature: -13.7 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 14.2 °C
• Maximum temperature: -8.4 °C

Event center: -75.0°S 336.0°E

Area affected: 52892 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_2022-Oct-09_to_2022-Oct-12_336.0_-75.0

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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: October 08 2022 to October 13 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 8.6 °C
• Mean temperature: -41.5 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 15.8 °C
• Maximum temperature: -31.5 °C

Event center: -73.0°S 100.5°E

Area affected: 235325 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_2022-Oct-08_to_2022-Oct-13_100.5_-73.0

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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: October 05 2022 to October 09 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 9.7 °C
• Mean temperature: -30.2 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 16.1 °C
• Maximum temperature: -19.0 °C

Event center: -71.0°S 148.0°E

Area affected: 117681 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_2022-Oct-05_to_2022-Oct-09_148.0_-71.0