Category: Extremes affecting Russian Federation

Heat wave occuring from October 26 2015 to October 31 2015 at 65.5°N 158.0°E

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Event type: Heat wave

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

  • Russian Federation

Duration: 6 days

Time span: October 26 2015 to October 31 2015

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: 8.2 °C
  • Mean temperature: -1.5 °C
  • Maximum temperature anomaly: 14.4 °C
  • Maximum temperature: 7.6 °C

Event center: 65.5°N 158.0°E

Area affected: 360994 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_2015-Oct-26_to_2015-Oct-31_158.0_65.5

Cold spell occuring from October 25 2015 to October 27 2015 at 45.5°N 149.5°E

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Event type: Cold spell

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

  • Russian Federation

Duration: 3 days

Time span: October 25 2015 to October 27 2015

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: -2.7 °C
  • Mean temperature: 4.7 °C
  • Minimum temperature anomaly: -3.8 °C
  • Minimum temperature: 3.5 °C

Event center: 45.5°N 149.5°E

Area affected: 57777 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_2015-Oct-25_to_2015-Oct-27_149.5_45.5

Cold spell occuring from October 25 2015 to October 28 2015 at 69.0°N 144.0°E

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Event type: Cold spell

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

  • Russian Federation

Duration: 4 days

Time span: October 25 2015 to October 28 2015

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: -7.8 °C
  • Mean temperature: -24.5 °C
  • Minimum temperature anomaly: -10.5 °C
  • Minimum temperature: -29.0 °C

Event center: 69.0°N 144.0°E

Area affected: 54087 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_2015-Oct-25_to_2015-Oct-28_144.0_69.0

Cold spell occuring from October 20 2015 to October 26 2015 at 52.0°N 64.5°E

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Event type: Cold spell

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

  • Kazakhstan
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Russian Federation
  • Tajikistan
  • Turkmenistan
  • Uzbekistan

Duration: 7 days

Time span: October 20 2015 to October 26 2015

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: -8.4 °C
  • Mean temperature: -4.7 °C
  • Minimum temperature anomaly: -15.9 °C
  • Minimum temperature: -19.5 °C

Event center: 52.0°N 64.5°E

Area affected: 2420410 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_2015-Oct-20_to_2015-Oct-26_64.5_52.0

Cold spell occuring from October 18 2015 to October 26 2015 at 57.0°N 132.0°E

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Event type: Cold spell

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

  • Russian Federation

Duration: 9 days

Time span: October 18 2015 to October 26 2015

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: -4.9 °C
  • Mean temperature: -4.1 °C
  • Minimum temperature anomaly: -13.5 °C
  • Minimum temperature: -26.0 °C

Event center: 57.0°N 132.0°E

Area affected: 936779 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_2015-Oct-18_to_2015-Oct-26_132.0_57.0

Heat wave occuring from October 17 2015 to October 26 2015 at 66.5°N 34.0°E

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Event type: Heat wave

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

  • Finland
  • Russian Federation

Duration: 10 days

Time span: October 17 2015 to October 26 2015

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: 5.0 °C
  • Mean temperature: 5.2 °C
  • Maximum temperature anomaly: 8.1 °C
  • Maximum temperature: 9.2 °C

Event center: 66.5°N 34.0°E

Area affected: 321507 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_2015-Oct-17_to_2015-Oct-26_34.0_66.5

Cold spell occuring from October 17 2015 to October 22 2015 at 64.0°N 100.5°E

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Event type: Cold spell

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

  • Russian Federation

Duration: 6 days

Time span: October 17 2015 to October 22 2015

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: -10.7 °C
  • Mean temperature: -20.7 °C
  • Minimum temperature anomaly: -16.3 °C
  • Minimum temperature: -30.5 °C

Event center: 64.0°N 100.5°E

Area affected: 442367 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_2015-Oct-17_to_2015-Oct-22_100.5_64.0

Cold spell occuring from October 15 2015 to October 18 2015 at 62.5°N 89.0°E

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Event type: Cold spell

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

  • Russian Federation

Duration: 4 days

Time span: October 15 2015 to October 18 2015

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: -6.9 °C
  • Mean temperature: -8.8 °C
  • Minimum temperature anomaly: -9.9 °C
  • Minimum temperature: -13.3 °C

Event center: 62.5°N 89.0°E

Area affected: 53354 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_2015-Oct-15_to_2015-Oct-18_89.0_62.5

Heat wave occuring from October 09 2015 to October 16 2015 at 54.5°N 151.5°E

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Event type: Heat wave

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

  • Russian Federation

Duration: 8 days

Time span: October 09 2015 to October 16 2015

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: 3.2 °C
  • Mean temperature: 7.0 °C
  • Maximum temperature anomaly: 5.7 °C
  • Maximum temperature: 9.8 °C

Event center: 54.5°N 151.5°E

Area affected: 170745 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_2015-Oct-09_to_2015-Oct-16_151.5_54.5

Heat wave occuring from October 07 2015 to October 12 2015 at 80.5°N 25.5°E

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Event type: Heat wave

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

  • Russian Federation

Duration: 6 days

Time span: October 07 2015 to October 12 2015

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: 4.7 °C
  • Mean temperature: 0.5 °C
  • Maximum temperature anomaly: 6.0 °C
  • Maximum temperature: 2.4 °C

Event center: 80.5°N 25.5°E

Area affected: 112454 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_2015-Oct-07_to_2015-Oct-12_25.5_80.5