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: 8 days

Time span: November 24 2024 to December 01 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -5.2 °C
• Mean temperature: -11.0 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -15.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: -27.4 °C

Event center: 36.5°N 97.0°E

Area affected: 497727 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_2024-Nov-24_to_2024-Dec-01_97.0_36.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• China

Duration: 6 days

Time span: October 19 2024 to October 24 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.0 °C
• Mean temperature: -8.6 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -10.9 °C
• Minimum temperature: -17.2 °C

Event center: 30.0°N 92.0°E

Area affected: 51007 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_2024-Oct-19_to_2024-Oct-24_92.0_30.0

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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: October 19 2024 to October 21 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -5.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 9.5 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -8.6 °C
• Minimum temperature: 4.6 °C

Event center: 38.5°N 115.0°E

Area affected: 126483 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_2024-Oct-19_to_2024-Oct-21_115.0_38.5

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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: September 30 2024 to October 02 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -5.1 °C
• Mean temperature: 13.0 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -6.2 °C
• Minimum temperature: 11.4 °C

Event center: 38.0°N 116.5°E

Area affected: 70478 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_2024-Sep-30_to_2024-Oct-02_116.5_38.0