Category: Heat waves affecting Cuba

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Cuba

Duration: 13 days

Time span: September 03 2021 to September 15 2021

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 1.4 °C
• Mean temperature: 28.9 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 2.9 °C
• Maximum temperature: 30.8 °C

Event center: 20.5°N 283.5°E

Area affected: 51998 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-Sep-03_to_2021-Sep-15_283.5_20.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Cuba

Duration: 7 days

Time span: November 11 2020 to November 17 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 1.5 °C
• Mean temperature: 27.2 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 2.3 °C
• Maximum temperature: 28.1 °C

Event center: 22.5°N 277.5°E

Area affected: 54687 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-11_to_2020-Nov-17_277.5_22.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Cuba

Duration: 5 days

Time span: August 07 2020 to August 11 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 0.9 °C
• Mean temperature: 29.0 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 1.9 °C
• Maximum temperature: 29.4 °C

Event center: 24.0°N 280.0°E

Area affected: 51096 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-07_to_2020-Aug-11_280.0_24.0