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: 10 days

Time span: September 22 2010 to October 01 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.5 °C
• Mean temperature: 17.6 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -7.5 °C
• Minimum temperature: 13.3 °C

Event center: 27.5°N 108.5°E

Area affected: 291817 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_2010-Sep-22_to_2010-Oct-01_108.5_27.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• China

Duration: 5 days

Time span: September 21 2010 to September 25 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.9 °C
• Mean temperature: 16.2 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -7.5 °C
• Minimum temperature: 13.4 °C

Event center: 34.5°N 114.5°E

Area affected: 82337 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_2010-Sep-21_to_2010-Sep-25_114.5_34.5

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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 16 2010 to September 18 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -5.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 12.7 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -7.6 °C
• Minimum temperature: 8.1 °C

Event center: 40.5°N 121.0°E

Area affected: 78689 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_2010-Sep-16_to_2010-Sep-18_121.0_40.5