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: July 09 2022 to July 14 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -7.8 °C
• Mean temperature: -20.8 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -11.0 °C
• Minimum temperature: -25.3 °C

Event center: -63.5°S 97.5°E

Area affected: 176732 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_2022-Jul-09_to_2022-Jul-14_97.5_-63.5

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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: June 29 2022 to July 03 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -9.5 °C
• Mean temperature: -45.2 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -13.7 °C
• Minimum temperature: -57.7 °C

Event center: -68.0°S 101.5°E

Area affected: 232995 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_2022-Jun-29_to_2022-Jul-03_101.5_-68.0

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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: June 28 2022 to July 02 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -7.8 °C
• Mean temperature: -24.0 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -10.5 °C
• Minimum temperature: -26.8 °C

Event center: -69.0°S 8.5°E

Area affected: 51054 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_2022-Jun-28_to_2022-Jul-02_8.5_-69.0

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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: June 26 2022 to July 11 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -9.3 °C
• Mean temperature: -47.0 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -18.1 °C
• Minimum temperature: -62.4 °C

Event center: -77.0°S 345.0°E

Area affected: 2003373 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_2022-Jun-26_to_2022-Jul-11_345.0_-77.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Antarctica

Duration: 11 days

Time span: June 26 2022 to July 06 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -10.1 °C
• Mean temperature: -34.1 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -17.5 °C
• Minimum temperature: -62.8 °C

Event center: -67.5°S 156.0°E

Area affected: 1389798 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_2022-Jun-26_to_2022-Jul-06_156.0_-67.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Antarctica

Duration: 10 days

Time span: June 25 2022 to July 04 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -9.2 °C
• Mean temperature: -59.2 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -14.6 °C
• Minimum temperature: -67.6 °C

Event center: -75.0°S 89.5°E

Area affected: 315723 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_2022-Jun-25_to_2022-Jul-04_89.5_-75.0