Category: Heat waves affecting Canada

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Canada

Duration: 9 days

Time span: February 15 2024 to February 23 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 11.1 °C
• Mean temperature: -10.4 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 14.3 °C
• Maximum temperature: -5.0 °C

Event center: 62.5°N 234.0°E

Area affected: 93465 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_2024-Feb-15_to_2024-Feb-23_234.0_62.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Canada

Duration: 4 days

Time span: February 10 2024 to February 13 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 11.8 °C
• Mean temperature: -10.8 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 18.4 °C
• Maximum temperature: -0.5 °C

Event center: 62.5°N 241.5°E

Area affected: 154568 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_2024-Feb-10_to_2024-Feb-13_241.5_62.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Canada

Duration: 10 days

Time span: February 03 2024 to February 12 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 5.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 3.6 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 9.4 °C
• Maximum temperature: 11.5 °C

Event center: 48.5°N 316.0°E

Area affected: 338249 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_2024-Feb-03_to_2024-Feb-12_316.0_48.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Canada

Duration: 4 days

Time span: February 03 2024 to February 06 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 10.7 °C
• Mean temperature: -21.5 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 15.3 °C
• Maximum temperature: -16.9 °C

Event center: 73.0°N 244.5°E

Area affected: 60635 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_2024-Feb-03_to_2024-Feb-06_244.5_73.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Canada

Duration: 7 days

Time span: December 17 2023 to December 23 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 6.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 8.8 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 20.3 °C
• Maximum temperature: 20.9 °C

Event center: 44.0°N 302.5°E

Area affected: 2887653 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-Dec-17_to_2023-Dec-23_302.5_44.0