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 28 2011 to December 01 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 5.4 °C
• Mean temperature: 6.0 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 8.8 °C
• Maximum temperature: 10.3 °C

Event center: 46.0°N 297.5°E

Area affected: 64567 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_2011-Nov-28_to_2011-Dec-01_297.5_46.0

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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 28 2011 to December 01 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 12.8 °C
• Mean temperature: -8.3 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 17.6 °C
• Maximum temperature: -3.8 °C

Event center: 66.0°N 274.0°E

Area affected: 138429 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_2011-Nov-28_to_2011-Dec-01_274.0_66.0

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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 14 2011 to November 17 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 5.1 °C
• Mean temperature: 9.1 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 7.9 °C
• Maximum temperature: 12.1 °C

Event center: 46.5°N 298.0°E

Area affected: 69461 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_2011-Nov-14_to_2011-Nov-17_298.0_46.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Canada

Duration: 3 days

Time span: November 05 2011 to November 07 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 7.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 4.9 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 9.7 °C
• Maximum temperature: 7.1 °C

Event center: 51.0°N 272.0°E

Area affected: 61887 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_2011-Nov-05_to_2011-Nov-07_272.0_51.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Canada

Duration: 8 days

Time span: November 01 2011 to November 08 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 4.8 °C
• Mean temperature: -1.6 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 7.4 °C
• Maximum temperature: 1.2 °C

Event center: 63.0°N 280.5°E

Area affected: 114601 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_2011-Nov-01_to_2011-Nov-08_280.5_63.0

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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: October 31 2011 to November 03 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 9.0 °C
• Mean temperature: -14.5 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 16.7 °C
• Maximum temperature: -7.9 °C

Event center: 81.5°N 271.0°E

Area affected: 89729 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_2011-Oct-31_to_2011-Nov-03_271.0_81.5