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: 12 days

Time span: January 26 2022 to February 06 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -5.3 °C
• Mean temperature: -33.6 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -8.0 °C
• Minimum temperature: -41.0 °C

Event center: -76.0°S 81.5°E

Area affected: 783768 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-Jan-26_to_2022-Feb-06_81.5_-76.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Antarctica

Duration: 8 days

Time span: January 24 2022 to January 31 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.0 °C
• Mean temperature: -9.5 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -7.9 °C
• Minimum temperature: -15.4 °C

Event center: -69.5°S 33.0°E

Area affected: 105760 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-Jan-24_to_2022-Jan-31_33.0_-69.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Antarctica

Duration: 18 days

Time span: January 22 2022 to February 08 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -5.5 °C
• Mean temperature: -18.8 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -8.7 °C
• Minimum temperature: -27.9 °C

Event center: -75.5°S 216.5°E

Area affected: 338678 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-Jan-22_to_2022-Feb-08_216.5_-75.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Antarctica

Duration: 12 days

Time span: January 19 2022 to January 30 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.1 °C
• Mean temperature: 1.7 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -3.3 °C
• Minimum temperature: -1.2 °C

Event center: -60.0°S 187.0°E

Area affected: 1202436 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-Jan-19_to_2022-Jan-30_187.0_-60.0

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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: January 17 2022 to January 21 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.5 °C
• Mean temperature: -3.5 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -4.4 °C
• Minimum temperature: -6.7 °C

Event center: -70.5°S 313.5°E

Area affected: 207137 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-Jan-17_to_2022-Jan-21_313.5_-70.5

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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 13 2022 to January 18 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.0 °C
• Mean temperature: -21.0 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -6.4 °C
• Minimum temperature: -28.2 °C

Event center: -84.5°S 296.0°E

Area affected: 74140 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-Jan-13_to_2022-Jan-18_296.0_-84.5