Category: Extremes affecting Mexico

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Mexico

Duration: 5 days

Time span: May 20 2023 to May 24 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -5.4 °C
• Mean temperature: 18.4 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -9.1 °C
• Minimum temperature: 13.4 °C

Event center: 24.5°N 258.0°E

Area affected: 115213 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_2023-May-20_to_2023-May-24_258.0_24.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Mexico

Duration: 9 days

Time span: May 13 2023 to May 21 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.5 °C
• Mean temperature: 18.8 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -6.7 °C
• Minimum temperature: 11.2 °C

Event center: 27.0°N 254.0°E

Area affected: 198219 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_2023-May-13_to_2023-May-21_254.0_27.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Mexico

Duration: 11 days

Time span: May 10 2023 to May 20 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.4 °C
• Mean temperature: 22.9 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -3.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: 16.2 °C

Event center: 25.5°N 251.5°E

Area affected: 98038 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_2023-May-10_to_2023-May-20_251.5_25.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Mexico

Duration: 15 days

Time span: May 09 2023 to May 23 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.1 °C
• Mean temperature: 18.6 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -6.1 °C
• Minimum temperature: 13.9 °C

Event center: 21.0°N 246.5°E

Area affected: 993997 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_2023-May-09_to_2023-May-23_246.5_21.0