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: 4 days

Time span: January 25 2015 to January 28 2015

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.0 °C
• Mean temperature: 23.2 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -7.7 °C
• Minimum temperature: 14.7 °C

Event center: -27.0°S 138.0°E

Area affected: 399765 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_2015-Jan-25_to_2015-Jan-28_138.0_-27.0

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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 20 2015 to January 23 2015

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 22.9 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -6.1 °C
• Minimum temperature: 20.1 °C

Event center: -25.0°S 149.5°E

Area affected: 159216 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_2015-Jan-20_to_2015-Jan-23_149.5_-25.0

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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 14 2015 to January 17 2015

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.8 °C
• Mean temperature: 25.8 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -4.6 °C
• Minimum temperature: 24.6 °C

Event center: -16.0°S 131.0°E

Area affected: 95414 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_2015-Jan-14_to_2015-Jan-17_131.0_-16.0

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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: January 13 2015 to January 15 2015

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.8 °C
• Mean temperature: 22.9 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -9.4 °C
• Minimum temperature: 19.1 °C

Event center: -29.5°S 141.0°E

Area affected: 114224 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_2015-Jan-13_to_2015-Jan-15_141.0_-29.5

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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: January 10 2015 to January 13 2015

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 26.4 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -12.4 °C
• Minimum temperature: 19.6 °C

Event center: -21.0°S 118.5°E

Area affected: 97029 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_2015-Jan-10_to_2015-Jan-13_118.5_-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: January 07 2015 to January 12 2015

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.1 °C
• Mean temperature: 18.7 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -8.9 °C
• Minimum temperature: 15.6 °C

Event center: -31.0°S 126.0°E

Area affected: 399647 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_2015-Jan-07_to_2015-Jan-12_126.0_-31.0