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: 3 days

Time span: September 13 2022 to September 15 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -1.9 °C
• Mean temperature: 15.6 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -3.2 °C
• Minimum temperature: 13.5 °C

Event center: -32.5°S 161.0°E

Area affected: 97527 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-Sep-13_to_2022-Sep-15_161.0_-32.5

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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: September 04 2022 to September 07 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -1.5 °C
• Mean temperature: 15.9 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -1.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: 14.4 °C

Event center: -30.5°S 158.5°E

Area affected: 60836 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-Sep-04_to_2022-Sep-07_158.5_-30.5

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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: September 03 2022 to September 05 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -1.4 °C
• Mean temperature: 22.8 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -1.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: 21.8 °C

Event center: -16.0°S 139.5°E

Area affected: 74436 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-Sep-03_to_2022-Sep-05_139.5_-16.0

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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: September 03 2022 to September 12 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.0 °C
• Mean temperature: 17.5 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -5.9 °C
• Minimum temperature: 13.7 °C

Event center: -21.0°S 117.5°E

Area affected: 210144 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-Sep-03_to_2022-Sep-12_117.5_-21.0

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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: September 01 2022 to September 05 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.1 °C
• Mean temperature: 15.6 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -10.1 °C
• Minimum temperature: 8.8 °C

Event center: -19.5°S 134.5°E

Area affected: 1017053 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-Sep-01_to_2022-Sep-05_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: 6 days

Time span: August 23 2022 to August 28 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -5.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 15.1 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -7.9 °C
• Minimum temperature: 7.7 °C

Event center: -16.5°S 128.0°E

Area affected: 1998007 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-Aug-23_to_2022-Aug-28_128.0_-16.5

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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: August 13 2022 to August 17 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 14.5 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -5.4 °C
• Minimum temperature: 12.7 °C

Event center: -22.5°S 143.5°E

Area affected: 74810 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-Aug-13_to_2022-Aug-17_143.5_-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: August 10 2022 to August 13 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -5.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 12.1 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -8.6 °C
• Minimum temperature: 8.1 °C

Event center: -23.0°S 126.5°E

Area affected: 339606 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-Aug-10_to_2022-Aug-13_126.5_-23.0

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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: August 09 2022 to August 11 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -3.9 °C
• Mean temperature: 15.0 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -5.9 °C
• Minimum temperature: 9.7 °C

Event center: -22.0°S 114.0°E

Area affected: 110843 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-Aug-09_to_2022-Aug-11_114.0_-22.0