Category: Extremes affecting Australia

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Australia

Duration: 4 days

Time span: April 19 2022 to April 22 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 1.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 25.8 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 1.7 °C
• Maximum temperature: 26.2 °C

Event center: -21.0°S 154.5°E

Area affected: 103571 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: Heat_wave_2022-Apr-19_to_2022-Apr-22_154.5_-21.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Australia

Duration: 4 days

Time span: April 13 2022 to April 16 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 2.0 °C
• Mean temperature: 17.2 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 2.8 °C
• Maximum temperature: 19.4 °C

Event center: -40.5°S 136.0°E

Area affected: 222202 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: Heat_wave_2022-Apr-13_to_2022-Apr-16_136.0_-40.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Australia

Duration: 7 days

Time span: March 28 2022 to April 03 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 2.5 °C
• Mean temperature: 15.8 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 7.0 °C
• Maximum temperature: 26.8 °C

Event center: -31.5°S 112.0°E

Area affected: 2678471 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: Heat_wave_2022-Mar-28_to_2022-Apr-03_112.0_-31.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Australia

Duration: 5 days

Time span: March 26 2022 to March 30 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 2.5 °C
• Mean temperature: 19.1 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 3.9 °C
• Maximum temperature: 21.9 °C

Event center: -39.5°S 155.5°E

Area affected: 397261 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: Heat_wave_2022-Mar-26_to_2022-Mar-30_155.5_-39.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Australia

Duration: 5 days

Time span: March 19 2022 to March 23 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 4.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 34.6 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 6.0 °C
• Maximum temperature: 35.8 °C

Event center: -24.0°S 124.5°E

Area affected: 133176 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: Heat_wave_2022-Mar-19_to_2022-Mar-23_124.5_-24.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Australia

Duration: 9 days

Time span: February 25 2022 to March 05 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 2.4 °C
• Mean temperature: 12.2 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 6.9 °C
• Maximum temperature: 22.0 °C

Event center: -44.5°S 144.0°E

Area affected: 3249761 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: Heat_wave_2022-Feb-25_to_2022-Mar-05_144.0_-44.5