Category: Heat waves affecting Algeria

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Algeria

Duration: 7 days

Time span: June 09 2023 to June 15 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 3.1 °C
• Mean temperature: 35.5 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 5.1 °C
• Maximum temperature: 39.4 °C

Event center: 25.5°N 5.5°E

Area affected: 128594 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_2023-Jun-09_to_2023-Jun-15_5.5_25.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Algeria

Duration: 11 days

Time span: December 25 2022 to January 04 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 4.5 °C
• Mean temperature: 17.1 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 6.0 °C
• Maximum temperature: 20.9 °C

Event center: 27.5°N 3.0°E

Area affected: 284738 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_2022-Dec-25_to_2023-Jan-04_3.0_27.5