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: 4 days

Time span: March 29 2022 to April 01 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 8.3 °C
• Mean temperature: -41.1 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 12.9 °C
• Maximum temperature: -23.0 °C

Event center: -78.5°S 121.5°E

Area affected: 800348 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-Mar-29_to_2022-Apr-01_121.5_-78.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Antarctica

Duration: 19 days

Time span: March 28 2022 to April 15 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 9.2 °C
• Mean temperature: -8.4 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 18.2 °C
• Maximum temperature: 1.7 °C

Event center: -72.5°S 172.0°E

Area affected: 3076260 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-Mar-28_to_2022-Apr-15_172.0_-72.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Antarctica

Duration: 18 days

Time span: March 27 2022 to April 13 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 4.9 °C
• Mean temperature: -0.5 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 18.4 °C
• Maximum temperature: 14.7 °C

Event center: -70.5°S 350.5°E

Area affected: 5571029 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-Mar-27_to_2022-Apr-13_350.5_-70.5

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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: March 26 2022 to March 28 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 10.3 °C
• Mean temperature: -10.1 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 15.0 °C
• Maximum temperature: -7.1 °C

Event center: -77.5°S 318.0°E

Area affected: 57657 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-Mar-26_to_2022-Mar-28_318.0_-77.5

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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: March 24 2022 to March 26 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 2.4 °C
• Mean temperature: 2.2 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 3.0 °C
• Maximum temperature: 4.0 °C

Event center: -64.0°S 203.5°E

Area affected: 309665 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-Mar-24_to_2022-Mar-26_203.5_-64.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Antarctica

Duration: 11 days

Time span: March 20 2022 to March 30 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 3.0 °C
• Mean temperature: 2.3 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 11.2 °C
• Maximum temperature: 9.8 °C

Event center: -60.5°S 327.5°E

Area affected: 3322747 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-Mar-20_to_2022-Mar-30_327.5_-60.5

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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: March 08 2022 to March 12 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 3.0 °C
• Mean temperature: 0.4 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 4.3 °C
• Maximum temperature: 1.5 °C

Event center: -71.5°S 281.5°E

Area affected: 76169 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-Mar-08_to_2022-Mar-12_281.5_-71.5