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: January 12 2011 to January 14 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 26.6 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -9.0 °C
• Minimum temperature: 24.1 °C

Event center: -24.5°S 137.5°E

Area affected: 120734 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_2011-Jan-12_to_2011-Jan-14_137.5_-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: January 09 2011 to January 13 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -5.0 °C
• Mean temperature: 25.9 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -7.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: 23.5 °C

Event center: -21.0°S 136.5°E

Area affected: 248453 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_2011-Jan-09_to_2011-Jan-13_136.5_-21.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Australia

Duration: 8 days

Time span: January 07 2011 to January 14 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 26.0 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -5.2 °C
• Minimum temperature: 22.5 °C

Event center: -14.0°S 124.0°E

Area affected: 286080 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_2011-Jan-07_to_2011-Jan-14_124.0_-14.0

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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: January 06 2011 to January 09 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.1 °C
• Mean temperature: 23.6 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -5.0 °C
• Minimum temperature: 19.7 °C

Event center: -24.0°S 151.5°E

Area affected: 113352 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_2011-Jan-06_to_2011-Jan-09_151.5_-24.0

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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 05 2011 to January 10 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.5 °C
• Mean temperature: 22.0 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -7.9 °C
• Minimum temperature: 17.8 °C

Event center: -27.0°S 149.0°E

Area affected: 168079 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_2011-Jan-05_to_2011-Jan-10_149.0_-27.0

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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 02 2011 to January 07 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -5.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 28.2 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -7.1 °C
• Minimum temperature: 26.2 °C

Event center: -24.0°S 117.0°E

Area affected: 123492 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_2011-Jan-02_to_2011-Jan-07_117.0_-24.0

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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: December 27 2010 to December 29 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.8 °C
• Mean temperature: 25.4 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -3.7 °C
• Minimum temperature: 24.2 °C

Event center: -14.5°S 131.5°E

Area affected: 50841 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_2010-Dec-27_to_2010-Dec-29_131.5_-14.5

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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: December 25 2010 to December 29 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 22.3 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -5.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: 19.8 °C

Event center: -26.0°S 149.5°E

Area affected: 89884 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_2010-Dec-25_to_2010-Dec-29_149.5_-26.0