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: 18 days

Time span: August 13 2024 to August 30 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 4.5 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -6.3 °C
• Minimum temperature: -13.2 °C

Event center: 61.5°N 318.5°E

Area affected: 363099 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-13_to_2024-Aug-30_318.5_61.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Greenland

Duration: 19 days

Time span: July 26 2024 to August 13 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.9 °C
• Mean temperature: 3.4 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -7.5 °C
• Minimum temperature: -2.2 °C

Event center: 63.0°N 307.5°E

Area affected: 222141 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-Jul-26_to_2024-Aug-13_307.5_63.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Greenland

Duration: 26 days

Time span: June 29 2024 to July 24 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 3.2 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -6.3 °C
• Minimum temperature: -9.5 °C

Event center: 59.5°N 316.5°E

Area affected: 378402 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-Jun-29_to_2024-Jul-24_316.5_59.5

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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: June 22 2024 to June 26 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -3.9 °C
• Mean temperature: -0.4 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -6.1 °C
• Minimum temperature: -10.8 °C

Event center: 68.5°N 308.0°E

Area affected: 60410 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-Jun-22_to_2024-Jun-26_308.0_68.5