Category: Heat waves affecting Chile

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Argentina
• Chile

Duration: 6 days

Time span: December 05 2020 to December 10 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 5.7 °C
• Mean temperature: 21.3 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 10.7 °C
• Maximum temperature: 34.5 °C

Event center: -34.0°S 290.0°E

Area affected: 384715 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-Dec-05_to_2020-Dec-10_290.0_-34.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Argentina
• Chile

Duration: 4 days

Time span: December 05 2020 to December 08 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 4.0 °C
• Mean temperature: 12.8 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 8.3 °C
• Maximum temperature: 22.3 °C

Event center: -51.0°S 287.0°E

Area affected: 274539 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-Dec-05_to_2020-Dec-08_287.0_-51.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Argentina
• Chile

Duration: 16 days

Time span: November 15 2020 to November 30 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 3.4 °C
• Mean temperature: 13.5 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 10.1 °C
• Maximum temperature: 28.8 °C

Event center: -46.0°S 320.5°E

Area affected: 4519300 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-Nov-15_to_2020-Nov-30_320.5_-46.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Argentina
• Chile

Duration: 7 days

Time span: November 06 2020 to November 12 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 2.5 °C
• Mean temperature: 12.0 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 8.7 °C
• Maximum temperature: 24.0 °C

Event center: -47.0°S 287.5°E

Area affected: 1175517 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-Nov-06_to_2020-Nov-12_287.5_-47.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Argentina
• Chile

Duration: 12 days

Time span: October 30 2020 to November 10 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 4.5 °C
• Mean temperature: 15.4 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 10.8 °C
• Maximum temperature: 30.1 °C

Event center: -36.0°S 289.5°E

Area affected: 1581020 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-30_to_2020-Nov-10_289.5_-36.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Argentina
• Chile

Duration: 4 days

Time span: September 23 2020 to September 26 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 2.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 7.4 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 5.0 °C
• Maximum temperature: 11.9 °C

Event center: -51.0°S 287.5°E

Area affected: 182732 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-23_to_2020-Sep-26_287.5_-51.0