Category: Extremes affecting Brazil

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Brazil

Duration: 30 days

Time span: August 13 2025 to September 11 2025

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 0.5 °C
• Mean temperature: 27.3 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 1.4 °C
• Maximum temperature: 29.8 °C

Event center: -1.5°S 316.5°E

Area affected: 534276 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_2025-Aug-13_to_2025-Sep-11_316.5_-1.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Brazil

Duration: 7 days

Time span: August 05 2025 to August 11 2025

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 0.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 26.5 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 0.9 °C
• Maximum temperature: 28.0 °C

Event center: -4.5°S 322.5°E

Area affected: 104938 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_2025-Aug-05_to_2025-Aug-11_322.5_-4.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Brazil

Duration: 6 days

Time span: August 04 2025 to August 09 2025

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 0.5 °C
• Mean temperature: 27.0 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 1.0 °C
• Maximum temperature: 29.4 °C

Event center: -1.5°S 317.5°E

Area affected: 86516 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_2025-Aug-04_to_2025-Aug-09_317.5_-1.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Brazil

Duration: 13 days

Time span: August 04 2025 to August 16 2025

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 1.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 25.3 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 4.6 °C
• Maximum temperature: 31.3 °C

Event center: -10.0°S 317.5°E

Area affected: 1303932 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_2025-Aug-04_to_2025-Aug-16_317.5_-10.0