Category: Extremes affecting Canada

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Canada

Duration: 4 days

Time span: November 18 2014 to November 21 2014

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 3.1 °C
• Mean temperature: 11.3 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 4.6 °C
• Maximum temperature: 13.4 °C

Event center: 49.5°N 233.0°E

Area affected: 130484 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_2014-Nov-18_to_2014-Nov-21_233.0_49.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Canada

Duration: 9 days

Time span: November 13 2014 to November 21 2014

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 10.2 °C
• Mean temperature: -8.9 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 15.5 °C
• Maximum temperature: -5.4 °C

Event center: 62.5°N 234.0°E

Area affected: 119517 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_2014-Nov-13_to_2014-Nov-21_234.0_62.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Canada

Duration: 4 days

Time span: November 06 2014 to November 09 2014

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 6.7 °C
• Mean temperature: 1.9 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 9.8 °C
• Maximum temperature: 7.6 °C

Event center: 50.5°N 241.0°E

Area affected: 88527 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_2014-Nov-06_to_2014-Nov-09_241.0_50.5