Category: Heat waves affecting Greenland

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Canada
• Greenland

Duration: 10 days

Time span: June 17 2021 to June 26 2021

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 4.5 °C
• Mean temperature: 2.9 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 8.1 °C
• Maximum temperature: 13.4 °C

Event center: 82.5°N 291.5°E

Area affected: 104286 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-Jun-17_to_2021-Jun-26_291.5_82.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Canada
• Greenland

Duration: 18 days

Time span: June 15 2021 to July 02 2021

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 3.5 °C
• Mean temperature: 8.7 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 10.9 °C
• Maximum temperature: 22.1 °C

Event center: 50.5°N 302.0°E

Area affected: 1616433 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-Jun-15_to_2021-Jul-02_302.0_50.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Canada
• Greenland

Duration: 12 days

Time span: June 05 2021 to June 16 2021

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 3.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 1.9 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 9.6 °C
• Maximum temperature: 13.2 °C

Event center: 77.5°N 283.0°E

Area affected: 687006 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-Jun-05_to_2021-Jun-16_283.0_77.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Canada
• Greenland

Duration: 31 days

Time span: April 19 2021 to May 19 2021

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 7.7 °C
• Mean temperature: -4.9 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 21.1 °C
• Maximum temperature: 11.8 °C

Event center: 59.5°N 300.5°E

Area affected: 6799531 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-Apr-19_to_2021-May-19_300.5_59.5