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: 20 days

Time span: December 20 2024 to January 08 2025

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -11.0 °C
• Mean temperature: -33.8 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -23.0 °C
• Minimum temperature: -49.9 °C

Event center: 66.0°N 328.5°E

Area affected: 1229813 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_2024-Dec-20_to_2025-Jan-08_328.5_66.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Greenland

Duration: 15 days

Time span: December 09 2024 to December 23 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -7.7 °C
• Mean temperature: -38.4 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -11.3 °C
• Minimum temperature: -45.8 °C

Event center: 83.0°N 319.5°E

Area affected: 131983 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_2024-Dec-09_to_2024-Dec-23_319.5_83.0

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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: October 27 2024 to October 31 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -10.2 °C
• Mean temperature: -37.1 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -17.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: -47.9 °C

Event center: 71.0°N 317.5°E

Area affected: 315120 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_2024-Oct-27_to_2024-Oct-31_317.5_71.0

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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: October 12 2024 to October 21 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -8.9 °C
• Mean temperature: -25.0 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -15.2 °C
• Minimum temperature: -42.1 °C

Event center: 62.5°N 317.0°E

Area affected: 505403 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_2024-Oct-12_to_2024-Oct-21_317.0_62.5

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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: January 01 2020 to January 03 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -10.9 °C
• Mean temperature: -41.6 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -15.5 °C
• Minimum temperature: -48.8 °C

Event center: 67.5°N 323.0°E

Area affected: 100023 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_2020-Jan-01_to_2020-Jan-03_323.0_67.5

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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: August 24 2024 to September 05 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.4 °C
• Mean temperature: 3.3 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -3.5 °C
• Minimum temperature: 1.3 °C

Event center: 62.0°N 307.5°E

Area affected: 85465 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_2024-Aug-24_to_2024-Sep-05_307.5_62.0