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: 3 days

Time span: October 04 2011 to October 06 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -8.4 °C
• Mean temperature: -24.2 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -10.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: -28.1 °C

Event center: 67.0°N 314.5°E

Area affected: 67649 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_2011-Oct-04_to_2011-Oct-06_314.5_67.0

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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: September 26 2011 to October 03 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.1 °C
• Mean temperature: -15.0 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -10.9 °C
• Minimum temperature: -21.9 °C

Event center: 83.5°N 11.5°W

Area affected: 421726 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_2011-Sep-26_to_2011-Oct-03_348.5_83.5

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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: September 19 2011 to September 24 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -8.3 °C
• Mean temperature: -17.1 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -12.2 °C
• Minimum temperature: -25.8 °C

Event center: 67.5°N 311.0°E

Area affected: 213529 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_2011-Sep-19_to_2011-Sep-24_311.0_67.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Greenland

Duration: 4 days

Time span: September 06 2011 to September 09 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.8 °C
• Mean temperature: -25.3 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -10.4 °C
• Minimum temperature: -31.0 °C

Event center: 77.0°N 328.0°E

Area affected: 127062 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_2011-Sep-06_to_2011-Sep-09_328.0_77.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Greenland

Duration: 14 days

Time span: August 13 2011 to August 26 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -5.5 °C
• Mean temperature: -14.1 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -8.1 °C
• Minimum temperature: -24.6 °C

Event center: 64.5°N 319.5°E

Area affected: 355897 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_2011-Aug-13_to_2011-Aug-26_319.5_64.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Greenland

Duration: 16 days

Time span: August 09 2011 to August 24 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -5.8 °C
• Mean temperature: -13.8 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -9.6 °C
• Minimum temperature: -22.6 °C

Event center: 67.0°N 323.0°E

Area affected: 474860 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_2011-Aug-09_to_2011-Aug-24_323.0_67.0