Category: Heat waves affecting Brazil

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Brazil

Duration: 6 days

Time span: December 12 2020 to December 17 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 2.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 27.9 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 3.6 °C
• Maximum temperature: 29.3 °C

Event center: -10.5°S 313.0°E

Area affected: 70158 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_2020-Dec-12_to_2020-Dec-17_313.0_-10.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Brazil

Duration: 5 days

Time span: December 09 2020 to December 13 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 0.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 27.5 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 0.8 °C
• Maximum temperature: 27.7 °C

Event center: -1.0°S 314.5°E

Area affected: 64894 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_2020-Dec-09_to_2020-Dec-13_314.5_-1.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Brazil

Duration: 10 days

Time span: December 04 2020 to December 13 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 0.5 °C
• Mean temperature: 27.1 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 0.7 °C
• Maximum temperature: 28.1 °C

Event center: -4.5°S 323.5°E

Area affected: 117110 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_2020-Dec-04_to_2020-Dec-13_323.5_-4.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Brazil

Duration: 8 days

Time span: December 01 2020 to December 08 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 0.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 27.5 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 0.9 °C
• Maximum temperature: 28.0 °C

Event center: -2.0°S 316.0°E

Area affected: 228697 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_2020-Dec-01_to_2020-Dec-08_316.0_-2.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Brazil

Duration: 8 days

Time span: November 08 2020 to November 15 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 2.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 28.6 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 3.5 °C
• Maximum temperature: 30.5 °C

Event center: -7.5°S 313.0°E

Area affected: 287416 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_2020-Nov-08_to_2020-Nov-15_313.0_-7.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Brazil

Duration: 4 days

Time span: October 28 2020 to October 31 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 1.5 °C
• Mean temperature: 24.6 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 2.4 °C
• Maximum temperature: 26.3 °C

Event center: -17.0°S 321.0°E

Area affected: 145597 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_2020-Oct-28_to_2020-Oct-31_321.0_-17.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Brazil

Duration: 5 days

Time span: October 26 2020 to October 30 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 1.5 °C
• Mean temperature: 28.1 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 2.3 °C
• Maximum temperature: 28.9 °C

Event center: -3.0°S 294.5°E

Area affected: 55583 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_2020-Oct-26_to_2020-Oct-30_294.5_-3.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Brazil

Duration: 6 days

Time span: October 24 2020 to October 29 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 2.0 °C
• Mean temperature: 27.9 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 3.7 °C
• Maximum temperature: 29.6 °C

Event center: -10.5°S 302.5°E

Area affected: 230736 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_2020-Oct-24_to_2020-Oct-29_302.5_-10.5