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: 4 days

Time span: August 18 2022 to August 21 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 5.8 °C
• Mean temperature: 21.2 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 9.9 °C
• Maximum temperature: 24.3 °C

Event center: 57.5°N 257.0°E

Area affected: 77686 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-Aug-18_to_2022-Aug-21_257.0_57.5

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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: August 16 2022 to August 18 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 5.7 °C
• Mean temperature: 21.1 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 8.6 °C
• Maximum temperature: 23.0 °C

Event center: 56.5°N 267.0°E

Area affected: 107009 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-Aug-16_to_2022-Aug-18_267.0_56.5

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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: August 05 2022 to August 07 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 1.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 1.9 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 3.1 °C
• Maximum temperature: 3.7 °C

Event center: 76.0°N 226.0°E

Area affected: 61901 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-Aug-05_to_2022-Aug-07_226.0_76.0

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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: August 03 2022 to August 10 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 6.7 °C
• Mean temperature: 13.7 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 11.6 °C
• Maximum temperature: 17.6 °C

Event center: 73.0°N 254.5°E

Area affected: 86044 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-Aug-03_to_2022-Aug-10_254.5_73.0

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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: August 01 2022 to August 11 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 5.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 11.7 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 9.1 °C
• Maximum temperature: 17.3 °C

Event center: 72.0°N 262.5°E

Area affected: 154565 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-Aug-01_to_2022-Aug-11_262.5_72.0

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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: July 30 2022 to August 08 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 5.5 °C
• Mean temperature: 9.1 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 12.8 °C
• Maximum temperature: 17.0 °C

Event center: 75.0°N 250.0°E

Area affected: 68265 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-Jul-30_to_2022-Aug-08_250.0_75.0