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: January 17 2010 to January 20 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -7.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 19.7 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -11.0 °C
• Minimum temperature: 6.2 °C

Event center: -28.5°S 147.5°E

Area affected: 494395 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_2010-Jan-17_to_2010-Jan-20_147.5_-28.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Australia

Duration: 3 days

Time span: January 11 2010 to January 13 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.1 °C
• Mean temperature: 19.6 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -7.9 °C
• Minimum temperature: 17.9 °C

Event center: -29.5°S 126.5°E

Area affected: 66822 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_2010-Jan-11_to_2010-Jan-13_126.5_-29.5

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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: January 10 2010 to January 13 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 25.2 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -10.1 °C
• Minimum temperature: 19.5 °C

Event center: -25.0°S 128.0°E

Area affected: 87172 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_2010-Jan-10_to_2010-Jan-13_128.0_-25.0

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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: August 08 2026 to August 14 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.4 °C
• Mean temperature: 18.6 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -5.9 °C
• Minimum temperature: 12.9 °C

Event center: -22.5°S 114.5°E

Area affected: 344302 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_2026-Aug-08_to_2026-Aug-14_114.5_-22.5

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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: July 29 2026 to August 01 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -3.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 6.3 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -4.2 °C
• Minimum temperature: 4.9 °C

Event center: -35.0°S 142.0°E

Area affected: 141580 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_2026-Jul-29_to_2026-Aug-01_142.0_-35.0

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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 24 2026 to July 30 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.8 °C
• Mean temperature: 13.3 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -7.3 °C
• Minimum temperature: 6.1 °C

Event center: -17.0°S 123.5°E

Area affected: 1545074 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_2026-Jul-24_to_2026-Jul-30_123.5_-17.0

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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 18 2026 to July 22 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -3.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 18.8 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -4.3 °C
• Minimum temperature: 15.7 °C

Event center: -14.5°S 126.5°E

Area affected: 50587 km$^2$

Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.

Event ID: Cold_spell_2026-Jul-18_to_2026-Jul-22_126.5_-14.5