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: 8 days

Time span: July 02 2024 to July 09 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 4.1 °C
• Mean temperature: 5.9 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 10.0 °C
• Maximum temperature: 19.8 °C

Event center: 82.0°N 273.5°E

Area affected: 263872 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_2024-Jul-02_to_2024-Jul-09_273.5_82.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Canada
• Greenland

Duration: 14 days

Time span: June 14 2024 to June 27 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 4.4 °C
• Mean temperature: 4.0 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 9.5 °C
• Maximum temperature: 14.9 °C

Event center: 79.0°N 280.5°E

Area affected: 174358 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_2024-Jun-14_to_2024-Jun-27_280.5_79.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Canada
• Greenland

Duration: 17 days

Time span: June 09 2024 to June 25 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 5.1 °C
• Mean temperature: -2.6 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 9.0 °C
• Maximum temperature: 9.4 °C

Event center: 78.0°N 291.5°E

Area affected: 875332 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_2024-Jun-09_to_2024-Jun-25_291.5_78.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Canada
• Greenland

Duration: 32 days

Time span: May 13 2024 to June 13 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 2.5 °C
• Mean temperature: 1.4 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 15.8 °C
• Maximum temperature: 16.8 °C

Event center: 69.5°N 248.0°E

Area affected: 5476283 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_2024-May-13_to_2024-Jun-13_248.0_69.5