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: February 18 2024 to February 25 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 7.9 °C
• Mean temperature: -17.5 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 13.2 °C
• Maximum temperature: -10.9 °C

Event center: 74.5°N 294.0°E

Area affected: 277354 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-Feb-18_to_2024-Feb-25_294.0_74.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Canada
• Greenland

Duration: 11 days

Time span: December 29 2023 to January 08 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 9.8 °C
• Mean temperature: -15.6 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 19.3 °C
• Maximum temperature: 0.3 °C

Event center: 74.5°N 283.5°E

Area affected: 912967 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_2023-Dec-29_to_2024-Jan-08_283.5_74.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Canada
• Greenland

Duration: 5 days

Time span: November 16 2023 to November 20 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 8.8 °C
• Mean temperature: -17.0 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 15.0 °C
• Maximum temperature: -10.2 °C

Event center: 82.0°N 320.0°E

Area affected: 145557 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_2023-Nov-16_to_2023-Nov-20_320.0_82.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Canada
• Greenland

Duration: 19 days

Time span: November 08 2023 to November 26 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 9.7 °C
• Mean temperature: -5.8 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 22.4 °C
• Maximum temperature: 3.0 °C

Event center: 69.0°N 274.0°E

Area affected: 3528612 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_2023-Nov-08_to_2023-Nov-26_274.0_69.0