Category: Extremes affecting Portugal

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Portugal

Duration: 3 days

Time span: February 03 2021 to February 05 2021

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -1.9 °C
• Mean temperature: 14.4 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -2.6 °C
• Minimum temperature: 13.3 °C

Event center: 36.5°N 333.0°E

Area affected: 57575 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_2021-Feb-03_to_2021-Feb-05_333.0_36.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Portugal

Duration: 4 days

Time span: November 03 2020 to November 06 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.4 °C
• Mean temperature: 17.1 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -4.5 °C
• Minimum temperature: 14.5 °C

Event center: 34.5°N 342.5°E

Area affected: 595477 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-Nov-03_to_2020-Nov-06_342.5_34.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Portugal

Duration: 6 days

Time span: October 17 2020 to October 22 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 16.8 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -3.6 °C
• Minimum temperature: 13.5 °C

Event center: 41.0°N 337.5°E

Area affected: 353108 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-Oct-17_to_2020-Oct-22_337.5_41.0