Category: Extremes affecting Canada

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Canada

Duration: 6 days

Time span: June 16 2023 to June 21 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 5.2 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -8.4 °C
• Minimum temperature: 3.0 °C

Event center: 48.5°N 307.0°E

Area affected: 66685 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_2023-Jun-16_to_2023-Jun-21_307.0_48.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Canada

Duration: 3 days

Time span: June 15 2023 to June 17 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.5 °C
• Mean temperature: 1.9 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -7.6 °C
• Minimum temperature: -0.2 °C

Event center: 56.0°N 297.5°E

Area affected: 52610 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_2023-Jun-15_to_2023-Jun-17_297.5_56.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Canada

Duration: 6 days

Time span: June 13 2023 to June 18 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -1.9 °C
• Mean temperature: -0.7 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -6.1 °C
• Minimum temperature: -1.9 °C

Event center: 62.0°N 298.0°E

Area affected: 168253 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_2023-Jun-13_to_2023-Jun-18_298.0_62.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Canada

Duration: 8 days

Time span: June 09 2023 to June 16 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -3.5 °C
• Mean temperature: -3.5 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -6.2 °C
• Minimum temperature: -8.5 °C

Event center: 70.5°N 283.0°E

Area affected: 143694 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_2023-Jun-09_to_2023-Jun-16_283.0_70.5