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: 6 days

Time span: July 08 2022 to July 13 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -1.7 °C
• Mean temperature: 4.7 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -3.4 °C
• Minimum temperature: 1.7 °C

Event center: 59.5°N 316.0°E

Area affected: 126217 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_2022-Jul-08_to_2022-Jul-13_316.0_59.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Greenland

Duration: 7 days

Time span: June 28 2022 to July 04 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -1.9 °C
• Mean temperature: -0.8 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -2.7 °C
• Minimum temperature: -1.7 °C

Event center: 75.0°N 300.0°E

Area affected: 76861 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_2022-Jun-28_to_2022-Jul-04_300.0_75.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Greenland

Duration: 10 days

Time span: June 18 2022 to June 27 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -5.1 °C
• Mean temperature: -14.1 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -8.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: -22.0 °C

Event center: 72.0°N 320.0°E

Area affected: 538380 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_2022-Jun-18_to_2022-Jun-27_320.0_72.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Greenland

Duration: 7 days

Time span: June 05 2022 to June 11 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -5.9 °C
• Mean temperature: -17.7 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -8.4 °C
• Minimum temperature: -21.7 °C

Event center: 69.5°N 318.5°E

Area affected: 133440 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_2022-Jun-05_to_2022-Jun-11_318.5_69.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Greenland

Duration: 3 days

Time span: June 04 2022 to June 06 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.3 °C
• Mean temperature: -18.8 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -8.1 °C
• Minimum temperature: -22.4 °C

Event center: 75.0°N 310.0°E

Area affected: 83192 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_2022-Jun-04_to_2022-Jun-06_310.0_75.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Greenland

Duration: 13 days

Time span: May 06 2022 to May 18 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -3.9 °C
• Mean temperature: -10.7 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -5.4 °C
• Minimum temperature: -13.5 °C

Event center: 78.0°N 344.0°E

Area affected: 122890 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_2022-May-06_to_2022-May-18_344.0_78.0