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: 12 days

Time span: February 03 2023 to February 14 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -8.4 °C
• Mean temperature: -38.6 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -14.3 °C
• Minimum temperature: -46.8 °C

Event center: 70.0°N 259.0°E

Area affected: 151952 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-Feb-03_to_2023-Feb-14_259.0_70.0

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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: January 31 2023 to February 02 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -8.3 °C
• Mean temperature: -42.7 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -11.3 °C
• Minimum temperature: -46.9 °C

Event center: 66.5°N 267.5°E

Area affected: 73030 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-Jan-31_to_2023-Feb-02_267.5_66.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Canada

Duration: 15 days

Time span: January 31 2023 to February 14 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -7.1 °C
• Mean temperature: -37.0 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -15.6 °C
• Minimum temperature: -48.0 °C

Event center: 76.5°N 260.0°E

Area affected: 230476 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-Jan-31_to_2023-Feb-14_260.0_76.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Canada

Duration: 4 days

Time span: January 30 2023 to February 02 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -10.0 °C
• Mean temperature: -31.5 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -12.1 °C
• Minimum temperature: -34.2 °C

Event center: 54.0°N 294.0°E

Area affected: 77288 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-Jan-30_to_2023-Feb-02_294.0_54.0