Category: Extremes affecting Greenland

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Greenland

Duration: 5 days

Time span: July 16 2020 to July 20 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 2.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 7.5 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 3.8 °C
• Maximum temperature: 12.1 °C

Event center: 64.0°N 320.0°E

Area affected: 65579 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_2020-Jul-16_to_2020-Jul-20_320.0_64.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Greenland

Duration: 3 days

Time span: July 07 2020 to July 09 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 4.0 °C
• Mean temperature: 0.5 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 5.5 °C
• Maximum temperature: 4.9 °C

Event center: 76.5°N 335.0°E

Area affected: 50662 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_2020-Jul-07_to_2020-Jul-09_335.0_76.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Greenland

Duration: 7 days

Time span: June 28 2020 to July 04 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 5.3 °C
• Mean temperature: -6.0 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 8.3 °C
• Maximum temperature: 5.9 °C

Event center: 71.5°N 324.5°E

Area affected: 275948 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_2020-Jun-28_to_2020-Jul-04_324.5_71.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Greenland

Duration: 8 days

Time span: June 27 2020 to July 04 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 3.8 °C
• Mean temperature: 4.6 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 6.7 °C
• Maximum temperature: 11.1 °C

Event center: 68.5°N 331.0°E

Area affected: 86795 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_2020-Jun-27_to_2020-Jul-04_331.0_68.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Greenland

Duration: 5 days

Time span: June 19 2020 to June 23 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 2.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 2.8 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 7.1 °C
• Maximum temperature: 12.7 °C

Event center: 77.0°N 344.0°E

Area affected: 169832 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_2020-Jun-19_to_2020-Jun-23_344.0_77.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Greenland

Duration: 7 days

Time span: June 19 2020 to June 25 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 4.8 °C
• Mean temperature: -5.1 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 6.5 °C
• Maximum temperature: 7.4 °C

Event center: 69.0°N 329.5°E

Area affected: 153332 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_2020-Jun-19_to_2020-Jun-25_329.5_69.0