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: 20 days

Time span: April 02 2024 to April 21 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.5 °C
• Mean temperature: 15.7 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -4.7 °C
• Minimum temperature: 12.7 °C

Event center: -33.0°S 134.0°E

Area affected: 184613 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-Apr-02_to_2024-Apr-21_134.0_-33.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Australia

Duration: 15 days

Time span: April 02 2024 to April 16 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.7 °C
• Mean temperature: 22.4 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -7.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: 15.3 °C

Event center: -19.5°S 134.5°E

Area affected: 1676743 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-Apr-02_to_2024-Apr-16_134.5_-19.5

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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: March 23 2024 to March 26 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 20.3 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -5.9 °C
• Minimum temperature: 18.5 °C

Event center: -25.5°S 144.0°E

Area affected: 160151 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-Mar-23_to_2024-Mar-26_144.0_-25.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Australia

Duration: 13 days

Time span: March 19 2024 to March 31 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.4 °C
• Mean temperature: 16.1 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -4.4 °C
• Minimum temperature: 13.9 °C

Event center: -33.0°S 134.0°E

Area affected: 82899 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-Mar-19_to_2024-Mar-31_134.0_-33.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Australia

Duration: 14 days

Time span: March 16 2024 to March 29 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 21.6 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -12.7 °C
• Minimum temperature: 13.5 °C

Event center: -21.0°S 131.0°E

Area affected: 1955057 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-Mar-16_to_2024-Mar-29_131.0_-21.0