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: 6 days

Time span: March 12 2024 to March 17 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.1 °C
• Mean temperature: 2.7 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -3.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: -0.4 °C

Event center: -54.0°S 161.5°E

Area affected: 480649 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-12_to_2024-Mar-17_161.5_-54.0

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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: March 09 2024 to March 12 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.8 °C
• Mean temperature: 19.6 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -10.1 °C
• Minimum temperature: 15.2 °C

Event center: -28.0°S 120.0°E

Area affected: 212121 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-09_to_2024-Mar-12_120.0_-28.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Australia

Duration: 6 days

Time span: February 28 2024 to March 04 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 25.5 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -3.9 °C
• Minimum temperature: 23.9 °C

Event center: -22.0°S 114.0°E

Area affected: 83178 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-Feb-28_to_2024-Mar-04_114.0_-22.0

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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: February 21 2024 to February 24 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -3.4 °C
• Mean temperature: 23.0 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -4.9 °C
• Minimum temperature: 19.8 °C

Event center: -19.0°S 145.0°E

Area affected: 130446 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-Feb-21_to_2024-Feb-24_145.0_-19.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Australia

Duration: 8 days

Time span: February 13 2024 to February 20 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 25.5 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -6.7 °C
• Minimum temperature: 23.5 °C

Event center: -18.5°S 135.0°E

Area affected: 394637 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-Feb-13_to_2024-Feb-20_135.0_-18.5