Category: Extremes affecting India

Cold spell occuring from January 18 2020 to February 13 2020 at 29.5°N 98.5°E

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Event type: Cold spell

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

  • China
  • India
  • Lao People’s Democratic Republic
  • Myanmar
  • Nepal
  • Thailand

Duration: 27 days

Time span: January 18 2020 to February 13 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: -5.5 °C
  • Mean temperature: -6.1 °C
  • Minimum temperature anomaly: -14.5 °C
  • Minimum temperature: -31.1 °C

Event center: 29.5°N 98.5°E

Area affected: 1595139 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-18_to_2020-Feb-13_98.5_29.5

Heat wave occuring from January 13 2020 to January 19 2020 at 26.5°N 92.5°E

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Event type: Heat wave

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

  • Bangladesh
  • Bhutan
  • India
  • Myanmar

Duration: 7 days

Time span: January 13 2020 to January 19 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: 2.3 °C
  • Mean temperature: 17.0 °C
  • Maximum temperature anomaly: 4.0 °C
  • Maximum temperature: 21.2 °C

Event center: 26.5°N 92.5°E

Area affected: 136448 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-Jan-13_to_2020-Jan-19_92.5_26.5

Cold spell occuring from January 10 2020 to January 16 2020 at 17.5°N 90.0°E

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Event type: Cold spell

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

  • India

Duration: 7 days

Time span: January 10 2020 to January 16 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: -1.6 °C
  • Mean temperature: 21.9 °C
  • Minimum temperature anomaly: -2.8 °C
  • Minimum temperature: 17.5 °C

Event center: 17.5°N 90.0°E

Area affected: 309246 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-10_to_2020-Jan-16_90.0_17.5

Cold spell occuring from January 09 2020 to January 12 2020 at 21.5°N 79.5°E

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Event type: Cold spell

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

  • India

Duration: 4 days

Time span: January 09 2020 to January 12 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: -4.0 °C
  • Mean temperature: 13.8 °C
  • Minimum temperature anomaly: -6.0 °C
  • Minimum temperature: 10.4 °C

Event center: 21.5°N 79.5°E

Area affected: 130941 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-09_to_2020-Jan-12_79.5_21.5