Category: Extremes affecting Papua New Guinea

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Papua New Guinea

Duration: 5 days

Time span: April 18 2021 to April 22 2021

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 1.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 27.9 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 2.4 °C
• Maximum temperature: 29.0 °C

Event center: -5.5°S 146.0°E

Area affected: 160161 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_2021-Apr-18_to_2021-Apr-22_146.0_-5.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Papua New Guinea

Duration: 3 days

Time span: April 14 2021 to April 16 2021

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 1.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 28.3 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 1.7 °C
• Maximum temperature: 28.8 °C

Event center: -2.5°S 147.0°E

Area affected: 74136 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_2021-Apr-14_to_2021-Apr-16_147.0_-2.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Papua New Guinea

Duration: 5 days

Time span: April 10 2021 to April 14 2021

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 1.1 °C
• Mean temperature: 28.0 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 1.6 °C
• Maximum temperature: 28.7 °C

Event center: -10.0°S 150.0°E

Area affected: 100890 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_2021-Apr-10_to_2021-Apr-14_150.0_-10.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Papua New Guinea

Duration: 7 days

Time span: March 28 2021 to April 03 2021

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 1.1 °C
• Mean temperature: 27.8 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 1.8 °C
• Maximum temperature: 29.0 °C

Event center: -4.5°S 152.5°E

Area affected: 273668 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_2021-Mar-28_to_2021-Apr-03_152.5_-4.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Papua New Guinea

Duration: 5 days

Time span: March 10 2021 to March 14 2021

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 1.0 °C
• Mean temperature: 28.4 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 1.6 °C
• Maximum temperature: 28.9 °C

Event center: -2.5°S 151.5°E

Area affected: 58690 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_2021-Mar-10_to_2021-Mar-14_151.5_-2.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Papua New Guinea

Duration: 8 days

Time span: February 26 2021 to March 05 2021

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 1.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 28.6 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 2.6 °C
• Maximum temperature: 30.2 °C

Event center: -7.5°S 151.5°E

Area affected: 196168 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_2021-Feb-26_to_2021-Mar-05_151.5_-7.5