Category: Extremes affecting Mozambique

Heat wave occuring from June 13 2026 to June 20 2026 at -13.5°S 40.5°E

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Event type: Heat wave

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

  • Mozambique

Duration: 8 days

Time span: June 13 2026 to June 20 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: 1.2 °C
  • Mean temperature: 25.0 °C
  • Maximum temperature anomaly: 2.9 °C
  • Maximum temperature: 26.6 °C

Event center: -13.5°S 40.5°E

Area affected: 512756 km$^2$



Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.

Event ID: Heat_wave_2026-Jun-13_to_2026-Jun-20_40.5_-13.5

Heat wave occuring from June 08 2026 to July 11 2026 at -14.0°S 40.5°E

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Event type: Heat wave

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

  • Angola
  • Botswana
  • Eswatini
  • Lesotho
  • Madagascar
  • Malawi
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • South Africa
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

Duration: 34 days

Time span: June 08 2026 to July 11 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: 2.8 °C
  • Mean temperature: 20.2 °C
  • Maximum temperature anomaly: 8.0 °C
  • Maximum temperature: 27.6 °C

Event center: -14.0°S 40.5°E

Area affected: 4854838 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_2026-Jun-08_to_2026-Jul-11_40.5_-14.0