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: January 19 2023 to January 24 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.5 °C
• Mean temperature: 28.0 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -5.5 °C
• Minimum temperature: 25.7 °C

Event center: -22.5°S 116.5°E

Area affected: 74521 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_2023-Jan-19_to_2023-Jan-24_116.5_-22.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Australia

Duration: 10 days

Time span: January 16 2023 to January 25 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -3.4 °C
• Mean temperature: 18.0 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -7.6 °C
• Minimum temperature: 14.3 °C

Event center: -29.0°S 127.5°E

Area affected: 700892 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_2023-Jan-16_to_2023-Jan-25_127.5_-29.0

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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: January 10 2023 to January 24 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 23.4 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -9.4 °C
• Minimum temperature: 17.1 °C

Event center: -24.0°S 150.0°E

Area affected: 613327 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_2023-Jan-10_to_2023-Jan-24_150.0_-24.0

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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: January 04 2023 to January 08 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -5.1 °C
• Mean temperature: 15.1 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -7.1 °C
• Minimum temperature: 10.4 °C

Event center: -34.5°S 150.0°E

Area affected: 81655 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_2023-Jan-04_to_2023-Jan-08_150.0_-34.5

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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: December 28 2022 to January 02 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.0 °C
• Mean temperature: 25.6 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -2.7 °C
• Minimum temperature: 24.0 °C

Event center: -12.5°S 133.0°E

Area affected: 87424 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_2022-Dec-28_to_2023-Jan-02_133.0_-12.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Australia

Duration: 18 days

Time span: December 28 2022 to January 14 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -5.7 °C
• Mean temperature: 25.1 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -14.2 °C
• Minimum temperature: 16.1 °C

Event center: -22.0°S 129.0°E

Area affected: 1662667 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_2022-Dec-28_to_2023-Jan-14_129.0_-22.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Australia

Duration: 12 days

Time span: December 27 2022 to January 07 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -3.0 °C
• Mean temperature: 25.6 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -5.0 °C
• Minimum temperature: 22.3 °C

Event center: -14.5°S 143.0°E

Area affected: 336866 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_2022-Dec-27_to_2023-Jan-07_143.0_-14.5