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: 16 days

Time span: November 10 2023 to November 25 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 8.6 °C
• Mean temperature: -11.3 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 14.6 °C
• Maximum temperature: -1.7 °C

Event center: 68.0°N 251.5°E

Area affected: 997266 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-Nov-10_to_2023-Nov-25_251.5_68.0

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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: November 07 2023 to November 15 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 7.4 °C
• Mean temperature: -6.6 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 11.9 °C
• Maximum temperature: 2.4 °C

Event center: 62.5°N 237.0°E

Area affected: 121480 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-Nov-07_to_2023-Nov-15_237.0_62.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Canada

Duration: 6 days

Time span: November 01 2023 to November 06 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 5.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 3.4 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 7.5 °C
• Maximum temperature: 10.4 °C

Event center: 50.5°N 235.5°E

Area affected: 70339 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-Nov-01_to_2023-Nov-06_235.5_50.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Canada

Duration: 8 days

Time span: October 30 2023 to November 06 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 6.9 °C
• Mean temperature: -4.3 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 9.5 °C
• Maximum temperature: -0.1 °C

Event center: 61.5°N 226.0°E

Area affected: 139199 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-Oct-30_to_2023-Nov-06_226.0_61.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Canada

Duration: 6 days

Time span: October 18 2023 to October 23 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 3.4 °C
• Mean temperature: 7.9 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 7.1 °C
• Maximum temperature: 15.5 °C

Event center: 52.0°N 306.5°E

Area affected: 595111 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-Oct-18_to_2023-Oct-23_306.5_52.0

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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: October 01 2023 to October 09 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 7.4 °C
• Mean temperature: -10.5 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 10.3 °C
• Maximum temperature: -4.6 °C

Event center: 80.5°N 287.5°E

Area affected: 100899 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-Oct-01_to_2023-Oct-09_287.5_80.5