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: 7 days

Time span: December 07 2021 to December 13 2021

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 11.8 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -7.2 °C
• Minimum temperature: 7.1 °C

Event center: -36.5°S 150.0°E

Area affected: 59724 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_2021-Dec-07_to_2021-Dec-13_150.0_-36.5

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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: December 07 2021 to December 09 2021

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.4 °C
• Mean temperature: 15.8 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -4.3 °C
• Minimum temperature: 15.1 °C

Event center: -32.5°S 133.0°E

Area affected: 62593 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_2021-Dec-07_to_2021-Dec-09_133.0_-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: December 07 2021 to December 10 2021

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -5.0 °C
• Mean temperature: 15.4 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -6.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: 11.6 °C

Event center: -35.0°S 139.0°E

Area affected: 79835 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_2021-Dec-07_to_2021-Dec-10_139.0_-35.0

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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: November 26 2021 to November 28 2021

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -5.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 12.7 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -7.2 °C
• Minimum temperature: 8.8 °C

Event center: -36.0°S 149.5°E

Area affected: 66338 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_2021-Nov-26_to_2021-Nov-28_149.5_-36.0

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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: November 21 2021 to November 30 2021

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 22.2 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -9.5 °C
• Minimum temperature: 14.9 °C

Event center: -22.0°S 132.0°E

Area affected: 2289288 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_2021-Nov-21_to_2021-Nov-30_132.0_-22.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Australia

Duration: 14 days

Time span: November 04 2021 to November 17 2021

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.9 °C
• Mean temperature: 14.6 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -13.1 °C
• Minimum temperature: 1.7 °C

Event center: -18.0°S 139.5°E

Area affected: 9547630 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_2021-Nov-04_to_2021-Nov-17_139.5_-18.0

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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: November 04 2021 to November 08 2021

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -3.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 27.1 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -5.1 °C
• Minimum temperature: 24.9 °C

Event center: -16.5°S 127.0°E

Area affected: 59253 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_2021-Nov-04_to_2021-Nov-08_127.0_-16.5

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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: October 30 2021 to November 02 2021

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 24.1 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -11.9 °C
• Minimum temperature: 17.6 °C

Event center: -21.5°S 124.5°E

Area affected: 80100 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_2021-Oct-30_to_2021-Nov-02_124.5_-21.5