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: October 22 2020 to October 25 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 7.4 °C
• Mean temperature: -7.7 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 9.4 °C
• Maximum temperature: -6.2 °C

Event center: 74.0°N 244.0°E

Area affected: 51736 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_2020-Oct-22_to_2020-Oct-25_244.0_74.0

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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: October 15 2020 to October 21 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 5.0 °C
• Mean temperature: 7.2 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 10.0 °C
• Maximum temperature: 12.6 °C

Event center: 51.5°N 304.0°E

Area affected: 455686 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_2020-Oct-15_to_2020-Oct-21_304.0_51.5

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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: October 15 2020 to October 19 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 3.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 14.8 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 5.7 °C
• Maximum temperature: 18.1 °C

Event center: 46.5°N 308.5°E

Area affected: 104515 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_2020-Oct-15_to_2020-Oct-19_308.5_46.5

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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: September 21 2020 to September 23 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 5.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 9.8 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 8.4 °C
• Maximum temperature: 13.5 °C

Event center: 58.0°N 291.0°E

Area affected: 74237 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_2020-Sep-21_to_2020-Sep-23_291.0_58.0

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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: September 19 2020 to September 22 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 3.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 7.2 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 5.3 °C
• Maximum temperature: 8.3 °C

Event center: 63.0°N 274.5°E

Area affected: 199169 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_2020-Sep-19_to_2020-Sep-22_274.5_63.0

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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: September 10 2020 to September 15 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 1.9 °C
• Mean temperature: 1.9 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 3.3 °C
• Maximum temperature: 2.7 °C

Event center: 73.5°N 284.0°E

Area affected: 58260 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_2020-Sep-10_to_2020-Sep-15_284.0_73.5