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: May 31 2022 to June 05 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -7.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 4.5 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -10.4 °C
• Minimum temperature: 0.3 °C

Event center: 53.5°N 262.5°E

Area affected: 334742 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_2022-May-31_to_2022-Jun-05_262.5_53.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Canada

Duration: 7 days

Time span: May 29 2022 to June 04 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 0.9 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -7.0 °C
• Minimum temperature: -1.2 °C

Event center: 53.5°N 300.5°E

Area affected: 83957 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_2022-May-29_to_2022-Jun-04_300.5_53.5

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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: May 27 2022 to May 30 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.9 °C
• Mean temperature: -5.8 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -3.5 °C
• Minimum temperature: -6.4 °C

Event center: 82.5°N 238.5°E

Area affected: 68030 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_2022-May-27_to_2022-May-30_238.5_82.5

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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: May 17 2022 to May 20 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -3.7 °C
• Mean temperature: 3.4 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -5.0 °C
• Minimum temperature: -3.5 °C

Event center: 51.0°N 232.5°E

Area affected: 80712 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_2022-May-17_to_2022-May-20_232.5_51.0