Category: Extremes affecting Australia

Heat wave occuring from January 06 2020 to January 10 2020 at -31.0°S 154.5°E

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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: January 06 2020 to January 10 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: 2.0 °C
  • Mean temperature: 25.3 °C
  • Maximum temperature anomaly: 3.1 °C
  • Maximum temperature: 26.2 °C

Event center: -31.0°S 154.5°E

Area affected: 52946 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_2020-Jan-06_to_2020-Jan-10_154.5_-31.0

Heat wave occuring from January 05 2020 to January 08 2020 at -34.5°S 122.0°E

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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: January 05 2020 to January 08 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: 2.4 °C
  • Mean temperature: 19.3 °C
  • Maximum temperature anomaly: 8.1 °C
  • Maximum temperature: 28.9 °C

Event center: -34.5°S 122.0°E

Area affected: 293466 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_2020-Jan-05_to_2020-Jan-08_122.0_-34.5

Heat wave occuring from January 03 2020 to January 14 2020 at -9.0°S 127.5°E

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Event type: Heat wave

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

  • Australia
  • Indonesia

Duration: 12 days

Time span: January 03 2020 to January 14 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: 1.3 °C
  • Mean temperature: 29.3 °C
  • Maximum temperature anomaly: 1.9 °C
  • Maximum temperature: 30.1 °C

Event center: -9.0°S 127.5°E

Area affected: 313406 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_2020-Jan-03_to_2020-Jan-14_127.5_-9.0

Cold spell occuring from January 03 2020 to January 11 2020 at -23.5°S 124.0°E

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Event type: Cold spell

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

  • Australia

Duration: 9 days

Time span: January 03 2020 to January 11 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: -7.5 °C
  • Mean temperature: 24.0 °C
  • Minimum temperature anomaly: -14.1 °C
  • Minimum temperature: 14.7 °C

Event center: -23.5°S 124.0°E

Area affected: 1312813 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-Jan-03_to_2020-Jan-11_124.0_-23.5