Category: Extremes affecting South Sudan

Cold spell occuring from March 17 2010 to March 20 2010 at 7.5°N 23.5°E

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Event type: Cold spell

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

  • Central African Republic
  • South Sudan

Duration: 4 days

Time span: March 17 2010 to March 20 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: -2.9 °C
  • Mean temperature: 25.1 °C
  • Minimum temperature anomaly: -4.7 °C
  • Minimum temperature: 23.7 °C

Event center: 7.5°N 23.5°E

Area affected: 119717 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_2010-Mar-17_to_2010-Mar-20_23.5_7.5

Cold spell occuring from February 25 2010 to March 14 2010 at 7.5°N 41.5°E

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Event type: Cold spell

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

  • Eritrea
  • Ethiopia
  • Kenya
  • Somalia
  • South Sudan
  • Sudan
  • Uganda

Duration: 18 days

Time span: February 25 2010 to March 14 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: -3.2 °C
  • Mean temperature: 24.3 °C
  • Minimum temperature anomaly: -7.5 °C
  • Minimum temperature: 13.6 °C

Event center: 7.5°N 41.5°E

Area affected: 1309488 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_2010-Feb-25_to_2010-Mar-14_41.5_7.5

Cold spell occuring from February 05 2010 to February 08 2010 at 10.0°N 34.0°E

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Event type: Cold spell

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

  • Ethiopia
  • South Sudan
  • Sudan

Duration: 4 days

Time span: February 05 2010 to February 08 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: -4.4 °C
  • Mean temperature: 22.9 °C
  • Minimum temperature anomaly: -5.9 °C
  • Minimum temperature: 17.9 °C

Event center: 10.0°N 34.0°E

Area affected: 257294 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_2010-Feb-05_to_2010-Feb-08_34.0_10.0

Heat wave occuring from January 10 2010 to January 14 2010 at 5.0°N 32.0°E

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Event type: Heat wave

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

  • South Sudan

Duration: 5 days

Time span: January 10 2010 to January 14 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: 2.5 °C
  • Mean temperature: 31.9 °C
  • Maximum temperature anomaly: 3.5 °C
  • Maximum temperature: 33.4 °C

Event center: 5.0°N 32.0°E

Area affected: 70732 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_2010-Jan-10_to_2010-Jan-14_32.0_5.0