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: June 09 2022 to June 11 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -3.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 9.3 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -4.1 °C
• Minimum temperature: 8.0 °C

Event center: -29.0°S 132.5°E

Area affected: 59654 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-Jun-09_to_2022-Jun-11_132.5_-29.0

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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: June 03 2022 to June 15 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.9 °C
• Mean temperature: 6.3 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -6.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: -9.7 °C

Event center: -54.5°S 146.0°E

Area affected: 5250649 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-Jun-03_to_2022-Jun-15_146.0_-54.5

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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: May 29 2022 to June 07 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.9 °C
• Mean temperature: 13.6 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -9.5 °C
• Minimum temperature: 7.9 °C

Event center: -24.5°S 123.0°E

Area affected: 1170615 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-May-29_to_2022-Jun-07_123.0_-24.5

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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: May 29 2022 to June 02 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 12.9 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -3.9 °C
• Minimum temperature: 10.1 °C

Event center: -34.5°S 126.5°E

Area affected: 437652 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-May-29_to_2022-Jun-02_126.5_-34.5

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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: May 29 2022 to June 04 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -3.4 °C
• Mean temperature: 5.2 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -5.7 °C
• Minimum temperature: -1.7 °C

Event center: -36.0°S 148.5°E

Area affected: 78066 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-May-29_to_2022-Jun-04_148.5_-36.0

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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: May 13 2022 to May 16 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 16.1 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -5.6 °C
• Minimum temperature: 12.0 °C

Event center: -25.5°S 113.5°E

Area affected: 301889 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-May-13_to_2022-May-16_113.5_-25.5

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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: May 03 2022 to May 09 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.4 °C
• Mean temperature: 12.5 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -6.7 °C
• Minimum temperature: 4.4 °C

Event center: -30.5°S 136.0°E

Area affected: 2313263 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-May-03_to_2022-May-09_136.0_-30.5