Category: Extremes affecting United States

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• United States

Duration: 5 days

Time span: May 10 2024 to May 14 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 10.4 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -7.1 °C
• Minimum temperature: 7.4 °C

Event center: 38.5°N 291.5°E

Area affected: 249362 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_2024-May-10_to_2024-May-14_291.5_38.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• United States

Duration: 8 days

Time span: May 05 2024 to May 12 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.7 °C
• Mean temperature: 2.7 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -11.2 °C
• Minimum temperature: -6.7 °C

Event center: 37.5°N 254.0°E

Area affected: 380906 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_2024-May-05_to_2024-May-12_254.0_37.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• United States

Duration: 4 days

Time span: April 30 2024 to May 03 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -5.9 °C
• Mean temperature: -3.3 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -8.0 °C
• Minimum temperature: -9.2 °C

Event center: 45.5°N 248.5°E

Area affected: 50780 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_2024-Apr-30_to_2024-May-03_248.5_45.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• United States

Duration: 4 days

Time span: April 30 2024 to May 03 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -5.4 °C
• Mean temperature: -0.3 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -7.5 °C
• Minimum temperature: -6.5 °C

Event center: 45.5°N 246.5°E

Area affected: 79034 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_2024-Apr-30_to_2024-May-03_246.5_45.5