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: 5 days

Time span: July 29 2020 to August 02 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 5.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 18.1 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 7.0 °C
• Maximum temperature: 20.3 °C

Event center: 54.5°N 290.5°E

Area affected: 117810 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-Jul-29_to_2020-Aug-02_290.5_54.5

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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: July 27 2020 to August 05 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 4.9 °C
• Mean temperature: 12.1 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 8.9 °C
• Maximum temperature: 18.5 °C

Event center: 65.5°N 293.0°E

Area affected: 80898 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-Jul-27_to_2020-Aug-05_293.0_65.5

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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: July 21 2020 to July 28 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 6.0 °C
• Mean temperature: 23.1 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 10.3 °C
• Maximum temperature: 26.7 °C

Event center: 51.5°N 279.5°E

Area affected: 745776 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-Jul-21_to_2020-Jul-28_279.5_51.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Canada

Duration: 12 days

Time span: July 17 2020 to July 28 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 3.0 °C
• Mean temperature: 18.7 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 5.9 °C
• Maximum temperature: 22.6 °C

Event center: 49.5°N 293.0°E

Area affected: 54097 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-Jul-17_to_2020-Jul-28_293.0_49.5

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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: July 12 2020 to July 18 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 6.7 °C
• Mean temperature: 14.8 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 11.6 °C
• Maximum temperature: 20.2 °C

Event center: 69.0°N 271.0°E

Area affected: 129685 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-Jul-12_to_2020-Jul-18_271.0_69.0

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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: July 10 2020 to July 13 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 3.4 °C
• Mean temperature: 21.5 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 5.3 °C
• Maximum temperature: 24.0 °C

Event center: 46.0°N 296.0°E

Area affected: 57947 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-Jul-10_to_2020-Jul-13_296.0_46.0