Category: Extremes affecting Australia

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Australia

Duration: 4 days

Time span: August 03 2024 to August 06 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -3.0 °C
• Mean temperature: 17.1 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -5.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: 12.9 °C

Event center: -20.0°S 119.0°E

Area affected: 181518 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_2024-Aug-03_to_2024-Aug-06_119.0_-20.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Australia

Duration: 4 days

Time span: August 01 2024 to August 04 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -3.1 °C
• Mean temperature: 8.5 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -4.2 °C
• Minimum temperature: 5.8 °C

Event center: -32.0°S 124.0°E

Area affected: 146235 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_2024-Aug-01_to_2024-Aug-04_124.0_-32.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Australia

Duration: 7 days

Time span: July 27 2024 to August 02 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.1 °C
• Mean temperature: 7.3 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -6.0 °C
• Minimum temperature: -2.3 °C

Event center: -28.0°S 148.0°E

Area affected: 876658 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_2024-Jul-27_to_2024-Aug-02_148.0_-28.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Australia

Duration: 5 days

Time span: July 26 2024 to July 30 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -3.5 °C
• Mean temperature: 7.0 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -5.2 °C
• Minimum temperature: 4.2 °C

Event center: -36.5°S 142.0°E

Area affected: 260390 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_2024-Jul-26_to_2024-Jul-30_142.0_-36.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Australia

Duration: 5 days

Time span: July 24 2024 to July 28 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -3.7 °C
• Mean temperature: 13.5 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -5.6 °C
• Minimum temperature: 9.3 °C

Event center: -23.5°S 114.0°E

Area affected: 149104 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_2024-Jul-24_to_2024-Jul-28_114.0_-23.5