Category: Extremes affecting Iceland

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Iceland

Duration: 11 days

Time span: August 16 2024 to August 26 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -3.1 °C
• Mean temperature: 6.3 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -7.0 °C
• Minimum temperature: -3.6 °C

Event center: 65.0°N 340.5°E

Area affected: 264399 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-16_to_2024-Aug-26_340.5_65.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Iceland

Duration: 5 days

Time span: July 03 2024 to July 07 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.0 °C
• Mean temperature: 5.0 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -6.5 °C
• Minimum temperature: 2.4 °C

Event center: 66.5°N 344.0°E

Area affected: 60245 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-03_to_2024-Jul-07_344.0_66.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Iceland

Duration: 6 days

Time span: June 15 2024 to June 20 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.4 °C
• Mean temperature: 2.9 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -4.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: 1.3 °C

Event center: 64.5°N 346.0°E

Area affected: 103986 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-15_to_2024-Jun-20_346.0_64.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Iceland

Duration: 9 days

Time span: June 02 2024 to June 10 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 2.5 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -8.0 °C
• Minimum temperature: -8.5 °C

Event center: 65.5°N 340.5°E

Area affected: 154237 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-02_to_2024-Jun-10_340.5_65.5