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: 10 days

Time span: September 05 2022 to September 14 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 4.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 28.6 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 6.4 °C
• Maximum temperature: 32.1 °C

Event center: 29.0°N 111.5°E

Area affected: 240514 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-Sep-05_to_2022-Sep-14_111.5_29.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• China

Duration: 8 days

Time span: August 19 2022 to August 26 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 4.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 14.6 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 7.4 °C
• Maximum temperature: 23.3 °C

Event center: 37.5°N 96.0°E

Area affected: 67846 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-19_to_2022-Aug-26_96.0_37.5

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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: June 27 2022 to July 01 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 3.4 °C
• Mean temperature: 26.0 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 5.2 °C
• Maximum temperature: 30.9 °C

Event center: 33.0°N 105.5°E

Area affected: 172414 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-Jun-27_to_2022-Jul-01_105.5_33.0

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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: June 21 2022 to June 26 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 2.5 °C
• Mean temperature: 9.6 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 4.5 °C
• Maximum temperature: 16.8 °C

Event center: 30.0°N 96.0°E

Area affected: 85832 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-Jun-21_to_2022-Jun-26_96.0_30.0

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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: June 16 2022 to June 20 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 1.0 °C
• Mean temperature: 29.2 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 1.7 °C
• Maximum temperature: 29.8 °C

Event center: 15.5°N 116.5°E

Area affected: 396170 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-Jun-16_to_2022-Jun-20_116.5_15.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• China

Duration: 4 days

Time span: June 06 2022 to June 09 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 4.0 °C
• Mean temperature: 28.5 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 5.1 °C
• Maximum temperature: 29.8 °C

Event center: 31.0°N 113.0°E

Area affected: 50187 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-Jun-06_to_2022-Jun-09_113.0_31.0

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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: May 31 2022 to June 04 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 4.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 27.4 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 7.4 °C
• Maximum temperature: 32.4 °C

Event center: 34.5°N 120.0°E

Area affected: 234743 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-May-31_to_2022-Jun-04_120.0_34.5