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: 3 days

Time span: October 20 2023 to October 22 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 19.3 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -6.9 °C
• Minimum temperature: 14.1 °C

Event center: 22.0°N 110.0°E

Area affected: 179538 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-Oct-20_to_2023-Oct-22_110.0_22.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• China

Duration: 14 days

Time span: October 18 2023 to October 31 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.6 °C
• Mean temperature: -14.8 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -12.4 °C
• Minimum temperature: -23.0 °C

Event center: 32.5°N 90.5°E

Area affected: 204090 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-Oct-18_to_2023-Oct-31_90.5_32.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• China

Duration: 10 days

Time span: October 12 2023 to October 21 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -7.4 °C
• Mean temperature: -6.9 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -14.5 °C
• Minimum temperature: -14.2 °C

Event center: 30.5°N 96.5°E

Area affected: 53237 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-Oct-12_to_2023-Oct-21_96.5_30.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• China

Duration: 16 days

Time span: October 11 2023 to October 26 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -7.1 °C
• Mean temperature: -10.8 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -17.2 °C
• Minimum temperature: -22.1 °C

Event center: 37.5°N 97.0°E

Area affected: 367098 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-Oct-11_to_2023-Oct-26_97.0_37.5