Category: Heat waves affecting Cabo Verde

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Cabo Verde

Duration: 4 days

Time span: October 11 2011 to October 14 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 1.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 28.0 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 2.3 °C
• Maximum temperature: 29.4 °C

Event center: 15.0°N 338.5°E

Area affected: 227677 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_2011-Oct-11_to_2011-Oct-14_338.5_15.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Cabo Verde

Duration: 10 days

Time span: September 21 2010 to September 30 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 1.5 °C
• Mean temperature: 27.0 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 4.0 °C
• Maximum temperature: 30.1 °C

Event center: 20.0°N 340.0°E

Area affected: 1254104 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-Sep-21_to_2010-Sep-30_340.0_20.0