Category: Extremes affecting Greece

Heat wave occuring from April 15 2010 to April 20 2010 at 38.0°N 27.5°E

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Event type: Heat wave

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

  • Greece
  • Turkiye

Duration: 6 days

Time span: April 15 2010 to April 20 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: 2.8 °C
  • Mean temperature: 18.4 °C
  • Maximum temperature anomaly: 5.9 °C
  • Maximum temperature: 20.5 °C

Event center: 38.0°N 27.5°E

Area affected: 61772 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_2010-Apr-15_to_2010-Apr-20_27.5_38.0

Heat wave occuring from March 31 2010 to April 03 2010 at 36.5°N 24.0°E

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Event type: Heat wave

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

  • Greece

Duration: 4 days

Time span: March 31 2010 to April 03 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: 2.3 °C
  • Mean temperature: 16.7 °C
  • Maximum temperature anomaly: 4.1 °C
  • Maximum temperature: 18.1 °C

Event center: 36.5°N 24.0°E

Area affected: 64711 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_2010-Mar-31_to_2010-Apr-03_24.0_36.5

Cold spell occuring from July 22 2026 to July 26 2026 at 42.0°N 22.0°E

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Event type: Cold spell

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

  • Bulgaria
  • Greece
  • Moldova
  • North Macedonia
  • Romania
  • Serbia
  • Turkiye
  • Ukraine

Duration: 5 days

Time span: July 22 2026 to July 26 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: -4.3 °C
  • Mean temperature: 18.5 °C
  • Minimum temperature anomaly: -10.1 °C
  • Minimum temperature: 10.7 °C

Event center: 42.0°N 22.0°E

Area affected: 292114 km$^2$



Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.

Event ID: Cold_spell_2026-Jul-22_to_2026-Jul-26_22.0_42.0