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: 7 days

Time span: January 16 2012 to January 22 2012

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 9.5 °C
• Mean temperature: -9.6 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 15.3 °C
• Maximum temperature: -0.6 °C

Event center: 72.0°N 333.5°E

Area affected: 214951 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_2012-Jan-16_to_2012-Jan-22_333.5_72.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Greenland

Duration: 3 days

Time span: January 16 2012 to January 18 2012

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 8.7 °C
• Mean temperature: -25.4 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 11.4 °C
• Maximum temperature: -14.4 °C

Event center: 76.5°N 307.5°E

Area affected: 73786 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_2012-Jan-16_to_2012-Jan-18_307.5_76.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Greenland

Duration: 3 days

Time span: January 15 2012 to January 17 2012

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 10.2 °C
• Mean temperature: -17.2 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 12.6 °C
• Maximum temperature: -3.4 °C

Event center: 71.5°N 309.0°E

Area affected: 266949 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_2012-Jan-15_to_2012-Jan-17_309.0_71.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Greenland

Duration: 10 days

Time span: January 06 2012 to January 15 2012

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 10.9 °C
• Mean temperature: -5.6 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 17.3 °C
• Maximum temperature: 2.3 °C

Event center: 82.0°N 3.5°W

Area affected: 800321 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_2012-Jan-06_to_2012-Jan-15_356.5_82.0

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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: September 16 2011 to September 24 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 6.6 °C
• Mean temperature: -7.0 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 10.6 °C
• Maximum temperature: 6.4 °C

Event center: 72.5°N 335.0°E

Area affected: 519803 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_2011-Sep-16_to_2011-Sep-24_335.0_72.5

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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: August 28 2011 to August 31 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 5.8 °C
• Mean temperature: -1.4 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 8.7 °C
• Maximum temperature: 8.3 °C

Event center: 67.0°N 325.5°E

Area affected: 80264 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_2011-Aug-28_to_2011-Aug-31_325.5_67.0