Category: Extremes affecting China

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• China

Duration: 7 days

Time span: July 02 2025 to July 08 2025

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -3.5 °C
• Mean temperature: 4.8 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -8.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: -4.1 °C

Event center: 33.0°N 91.0°E

Area affected: 822595 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_2025-Jul-02_to_2025-Jul-08_91.0_33.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• China

Duration: 4 days

Time span: June 07 2025 to June 10 2025

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.1 °C
• Mean temperature: 0.8 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -6.7 °C
• Minimum temperature: -3.8 °C

Event center: 33.5°N 97.0°E

Area affected: 64213 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_2025-Jun-07_to_2025-Jun-10_97.0_33.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• China

Duration: 4 days

Time span: June 01 2025 to June 04 2025

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -5.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 2.0 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -7.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: -4.6 °C

Event center: 33.5°N 102.0°E

Area affected: 122138 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_2025-Jun-01_to_2025-Jun-04_102.0_33.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• China

Duration: 3 days

Time span: May 31 2025 to June 02 2025

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 19.2 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -5.7 °C
• Minimum temperature: 16.5 °C

Event center: 32.0°N 117.5°E

Area affected: 89515 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_2025-May-31_to_2025-Jun-02_117.5_32.0