Category: Extremes affecting Armenia

Heat wave occuring from June 02 2020 to June 20 2020 at 66.5°N 34.5°E

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Event type: Heat wave

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

  • Afghanistan
  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Belarus
  • Finland
  • Georgia
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of
  • Kazakhstan
  • Latvia
  • Pakistan
  • Russian Federation
  • Turkmenistan
  • Türkiye
  • Ukraine
  • Uzbekistan

Duration: 19 days

Time span: June 02 2020 to June 20 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: 6.6 °C
  • Mean temperature: 19.7 °C
  • Maximum temperature anomaly: 15.2 °C
  • Maximum temperature: 42.8 °C

Event center: 66.5°N 34.5°E

Area affected: 6255277 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_2020-Jun-02_to_2020-Jun-20_34.5_66.5

Cold spell occuring from April 23 2020 to April 25 2020 at 39.5°N 47.0°E

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Event type: Cold spell

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

  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Georgia
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of
  • Russian Federation

Duration: 3 days

Time span: April 23 2020 to April 25 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: -6.3 °C
  • Mean temperature: 4.1 °C
  • Minimum temperature anomaly: -9.6 °C
  • Minimum temperature: -6.0 °C

Event center: 39.5°N 47.0°E

Area affected: 105475 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_2020-Apr-23_to_2020-Apr-25_47.0_39.5

Cold spell occuring from April 06 2020 to April 16 2020 at 34.0°N 53.5°E

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Event type: Cold spell

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

  • Afghanistan
  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Georgia
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of
  • Kazakhstan
  • Russian Federation
  • Turkmenistan
  • Uzbekistan

Duration: 11 days

Time span: April 06 2020 to April 16 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: -8.1 °C
  • Mean temperature: 6.8 °C
  • Minimum temperature anomaly: -15.2 °C
  • Minimum temperature: -10.1 °C

Event center: 34.0°N 53.5°E

Area affected: 1281664 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_2020-Apr-06_to_2020-Apr-16_53.5_34.0

Heat wave occuring from February 22 2020 to March 25 2020 at 44.5°N 47.5°E

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Event type: Heat wave

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

  • Afghanistan
  • Albania
  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Belarus
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Bulgaria
  • China
  • Croatia
  • Denmark
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • Georgia
  • Greece
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of
  • Iraq
  • Italy
  • Jordan
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Moldova, Republic of
  • Mongolia
  • Montenegro
  • North Macedonia
  • Poland
  • Romania
  • Russian Federation
  • Sweden
  • Syrian Arab Republic
  • Tajikistan
  • Turkmenistan
  • Türkiye
  • Ukraine
  • Uzbekistan

Duration: 33 days

Time span: February 22 2020 to March 25 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: 8.1 °C
  • Mean temperature: 5.0 °C
  • Maximum temperature anomaly: 16.0 °C
  • Maximum temperature: 23.4 °C

Event center: 44.5°N 47.5°E

Area affected: 17000898 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_2020-Feb-22_to_2020-Mar-25_47.5_44.5

Cold spell occuring from February 07 2020 to February 15 2020 at 36.5°N 40.0°E

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Event type: Cold spell

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

  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bahrain
  • Cyprus
  • Georgia
  • Greece
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of
  • Iraq
  • Jordan
  • Kuwait
  • Lebanon
  • Oman
  • Russian Federation
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Syrian Arab Republic
  • Türkiye
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Yemen

Duration: 9 days

Time span: February 07 2020 to February 15 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: -6.8 °C
  • Mean temperature: 4.3 °C
  • Minimum temperature anomaly: -16.8 °C
  • Minimum temperature: -22.7 °C

Event center: 36.5°N 40.0°E

Area affected: 2894268 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_2020-Feb-07_to_2020-Feb-15_40.0_36.5

Heat wave occuring from January 11 2020 to February 22 2020 at 33.0°N 337.0°E

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Event type: Heat wave

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

  • Albania
  • Algeria
  • Andorra
  • Armenia
  • Austria
  • Azerbaijan
  • Belarus
  • Belgium
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Bulgaria
  • Croatia
  • Czechia
  • Denmark
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • France
  • Georgia
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Hungary
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of
  • Italy
  • Kazakhstan
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Mauritania
  • Moldova, Republic of
  • Montenegro
  • Morocco
  • Netherlands
  • North Macedonia
  • Norway
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Romania
  • Russian Federation
  • Serbia
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Tunisia
  • Türkiye
  • Ukraine
  • United Kingdom

Duration: 43 days

Time span: January 11 2020 to February 22 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: 6.9 °C
  • Mean temperature: 5.8 °C
  • Maximum temperature anomaly: 13.9 °C
  • Maximum temperature: 20.9 °C

Event center: 59.5°N 21.5°E

Area affected: 15888708 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_2020-Jan-11_to_2020-Feb-22_337.0_33.0