Category: Heat waves affecting Colombia

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Colombia
• Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of

Duration: 25 days

Time span: January 30 2021 to February 23 2021

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 2.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 29.4 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 4.5 °C
• Maximum temperature: 31.9 °C

Event center: 5.5°N 288.0°E

Area affected: 234334 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_2021-Jan-30_to_2021-Feb-23_288.0_5.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Colombia
• Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of

Duration: 7 days

Time span: October 25 2020 to October 31 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 1.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 25.5 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 2.3 °C
• Maximum temperature: 28.6 °C

Event center: 6.5°N 293.0°E

Area affected: 64601 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-25_to_2020-Oct-31_293.0_6.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Colombia
• Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of

Duration: 8 days

Time span: August 24 2020 to August 31 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 1.5 °C
• Mean temperature: 20.4 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 3.2 °C
• Maximum temperature: 28.3 °C

Event center: 5.0°N 286.0°E

Area affected: 86131 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-Aug-24_to_2020-Aug-31_286.0_5.0