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: January 06 2023 to January 14 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 12.4 °C
• Mean temperature: -12.6 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 17.2 °C
• Maximum temperature: -8.2 °C

Event center: 61.5°N 234.5°E

Area affected: 120425 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-Jan-06_to_2023-Jan-14_234.5_61.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Canada

Duration: 3 days

Time span: December 31 2022 to January 02 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 4.8 °C
• Mean temperature: 5.1 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 8.8 °C
• Maximum temperature: 10.7 °C

Event center: 45.0°N 306.0°E

Area affected: 66519 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-31_to_2023-Jan-02_306.0_45.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Canada

Duration: 11 days

Time span: December 22 2022 to January 01 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 11.3 °C
• Mean temperature: -8.8 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 17.7 °C
• Maximum temperature: 0.5 °C

Event center: 58.5°N 279.0°E

Area affected: 640010 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-22_to_2023-Jan-01_279.0_58.5

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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: December 17 2022 to December 20 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 5.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 1.9 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 11.8 °C
• Maximum temperature: 4.0 °C

Event center: 48.5°N 296.5°E

Area affected: 111622 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-17_to_2022-Dec-20_296.5_48.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Canada

Duration: 5 days

Time span: December 15 2022 to December 19 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 11.3 °C
• Mean temperature: -2.1 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 14.8 °C
• Maximum temperature: -0.1 °C

Event center: 53.0°N 279.5°E

Area affected: 156184 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-15_to_2022-Dec-19_279.5_53.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Canada

Duration: 5 days

Time span: December 14 2022 to December 18 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 8.0 °C
• Mean temperature: -16.7 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 11.5 °C
• Maximum temperature: -13.8 °C

Event center: 73.5°N 263.5°E

Area affected: 53182 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-14_to_2022-Dec-18_263.5_73.5