Category: Heat waves affecting Greenland

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Greenland

Duration: 6 days

Time span: December 10 2020 to December 15 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 11.7 °C
• Mean temperature: -16.6 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 16.6 °C
• Maximum temperature: -5.5 °C

Event center: 80.5°N 301.5°E

Area affected: 136553 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-Dec-10_to_2020-Dec-15_301.5_80.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Greenland

Duration: 4 days

Time span: November 01 2020 to November 04 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 7.9 °C
• Mean temperature: -16.7 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 12.1 °C
• Maximum temperature: -7.9 °C

Event center: 74.5°N 337.0°E

Area affected: 52331 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-01_to_2020-Nov-04_337.0_74.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Greenland

Duration: 7 days

Time span: October 30 2020 to November 05 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 6.6 °C
• Mean temperature: -1.6 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 13.9 °C
• Maximum temperature: 6.8 °C

Event center: 70.0°N 336.5°E

Area affected: 326455 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-30_to_2020-Nov-05_336.5_70.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Greenland

Duration: 6 days

Time span: October 13 2020 to October 18 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 8.7 °C
• Mean temperature: -8.0 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 14.6 °C
• Maximum temperature: 5.3 °C

Event center: 70.0°N 330.5°E

Area affected: 215569 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-13_to_2020-Oct-18_330.5_70.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Greenland

Duration: 9 days

Time span: October 02 2020 to October 10 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 8.5 °C
• Mean temperature: -5.9 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 14.0 °C
• Maximum temperature: 3.7 °C

Event center: 74.0°N 337.0°E

Area affected: 285707 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-02_to_2020-Oct-10_337.0_74.0