Category: Heat waves affecting China

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• China

Duration: 6 days

Time span: October 13 2024 to October 18 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 4.4 °C
• Mean temperature: 14.7 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 6.3 °C
• Maximum temperature: 21.5 °C

Event center: 36.5°N 110.5°E

Area affected: 211948 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_2024-Oct-13_to_2024-Oct-18_110.5_36.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• China

Duration: 6 days

Time span: August 04 2024 to August 09 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 2.9 °C
• Mean temperature: 16.0 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 5.5 °C
• Maximum temperature: 31.7 °C

Event center: 29.0°N 101.5°E

Area affected: 339450 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_2024-Aug-04_to_2024-Aug-09_101.5_29.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• China

Duration: 5 days

Time span: July 30 2024 to August 03 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 2.7 °C
• Mean temperature: 23.9 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 4.0 °C
• Maximum temperature: 29.4 °C

Event center: 33.5°N 106.5°E

Area affected: 59533 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_2024-Jul-30_to_2024-Aug-03_106.5_33.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• China

Duration: 3 days

Time span: July 26 2024 to July 28 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 5.1 °C
• Mean temperature: 28.2 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 7.1 °C
• Maximum temperature: 30.0 °C

Event center: 39.0°N 109.0°E

Area affected: 50084 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_2024-Jul-26_to_2024-Jul-28_109.0_39.0