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: May 18 2020 to May 24 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 12.5 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -3.9 °C
• Minimum temperature: 8.3 °C

Event center: -35.5°S 132.5°E

Area affected: 936560 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_2020-May-18_to_2020-May-24_132.5_-35.5

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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: May 13 2020 to May 16 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.8 °C
• Mean temperature: 11.8 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -5.5 °C
• Minimum temperature: 7.5 °C

Event center: -34.5°S 135.5°E

Area affected: 107356 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_2020-May-13_to_2020-May-16_135.5_-34.5

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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 13 2020 to May 17 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -3.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 8.4 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -5.3 °C
• Minimum temperature: 5.1 °C

Event center: -38.0°S 145.0°E

Area affected: 170307 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_2020-May-13_to_2020-May-17_145.0_-38.0

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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: May 02 2020 to May 09 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 14.1 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -6.1 °C
• Minimum temperature: 4.0 °C

Event center: -39.0°S 95.0°E

Area affected: 2373501 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_2020-May-02_to_2020-May-09_95.0_-39.0

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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: April 30 2020 to May 03 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.7 °C
• Mean temperature: 18.9 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -6.3 °C
• Minimum temperature: 13.0 °C

Event center: -21.0°S 125.5°E

Area affected: 233464 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_2020-Apr-30_to_2020-May-03_125.5_-21.0

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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: April 29 2020 to May 04 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -3.8 °C
• Mean temperature: 11.6 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -8.0 °C
• Minimum temperature: 0.2 °C

Event center: -30.0°S 150.0°E

Area affected: 2786491 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_2020-Apr-29_to_2020-May-04_150.0_-30.0