Category: Extremes affecting Falkland Islands

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Falkland Islands

Duration: 17 days

Time span: December 24 2024 to January 09 2025

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 2.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 9.8 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 4.0 °C
• Maximum temperature: 16.5 °C

Event center: -56.5°S 306.0°E

Area affected: 1105928 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_2024-Dec-24_to_2025-Jan-09_306.0_-56.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Falkland Islands

Duration: 3 days

Time span: May 16 2023 to May 18 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 2.0 °C
• Mean temperature: 9.0 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 2.5 °C
• Maximum temperature: 10.4 °C

Event center: -49.5°S 300.0°E

Area affected: 64816 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_2023-May-16_to_2023-May-18_300.0_-49.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Falkland Islands

Duration: 21 days

Time span: October 15 2022 to November 04 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 2.4 °C
• Mean temperature: 7.3 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 4.9 °C
• Maximum temperature: 21.7 °C

Event center: -46.0°S 318.5°E

Area affected: 5784408 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_2022-Oct-15_to_2022-Nov-04_318.5_-46.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Falkland Islands

Duration: 7 days

Time span: October 09 2022 to October 15 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 2.1 °C
• Mean temperature: 4.2 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 3.6 °C
• Maximum temperature: 10.9 °C

Event center: -54.0°S 315.0°E

Area affected: 1108374 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_2022-Oct-09_to_2022-Oct-15_315.0_-54.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Falkland Islands

Duration: 4 days

Time span: October 18 2021 to October 21 2021

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 2.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 8.4 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 5.1 °C
• Maximum temperature: 11.3 °C

Event center: -49.5°S 302.0°E

Area affected: 118524 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_2021-Oct-18_to_2021-Oct-21_302.0_-49.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Falkland Islands

Duration: 8 days

Time span: June 07 2021 to June 14 2021

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 3.0 °C
• Mean temperature: 7.6 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 6.1 °C
• Maximum temperature: 11.3 °C

Event center: -48.0°S 302.5°E

Area affected: 684397 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_2021-Jun-07_to_2021-Jun-14_302.5_-48.0