Category: Extremes affecting Greenland

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Greenland

Duration: 5 days

Time span: April 26 2026 to April 30 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -8.7 °C
• Mean temperature: -19.1 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -13.3 °C
• Minimum temperature: -28.9 °C

Event center: 72.5°N 306.0°E

Area affected: 403912 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_2026-Apr-26_to_2026-Apr-30_306.0_72.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Greenland

Duration: 6 days

Time span: March 23 2026 to March 28 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -9.5 °C
• Mean temperature: -44.3 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -12.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: -48.8 °C

Event center: 72.0°N 323.0°E

Area affected: 302608 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_2026-Mar-23_to_2026-Mar-28_323.0_72.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Greenland

Duration: 8 days

Time span: March 19 2026 to March 26 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -8.7 °C
• Mean temperature: -19.4 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -17.1 °C
• Minimum temperature: -42.7 °C

Event center: 63.0°N 319.5°E

Area affected: 1317811 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_2026-Mar-19_to_2026-Mar-26_319.5_63.0