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: 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

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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: August 26 2011 to August 31 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 7.4 °C
• Mean temperature: -5.1 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 10.8 °C
• Maximum temperature: 6.2 °C

Event center: 63.5°N 314.5°E

Area affected: 469827 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-26_to_2011-Aug-31_314.5_63.5

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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: July 20 2011 to July 25 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 5.5 °C
• Mean temperature: -3.9 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 7.5 °C
• Maximum temperature: 2.9 °C

Event center: 67.0°N 318.0°E

Area affected: 115755 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-Jul-20_to_2011-Jul-25_318.0_67.0

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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: July 07 2011 to July 12 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 4.6 °C
• Mean temperature: -5.3 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 5.7 °C
• Maximum temperature: -2.7 °C

Event center: 74.0°N 310.5°E

Area affected: 89507 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-Jul-07_to_2011-Jul-12_310.5_74.0

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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: June 28 2011 to July 01 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 4.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 3.5 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 7.0 °C
• Maximum temperature: 9.0 °C

Event center: 83.0°N 326.5°E

Area affected: 70939 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-Jun-28_to_2011-Jul-01_326.5_83.0

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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: June 11 2011 to June 16 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 6.9 °C
• Mean temperature: -5.7 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 10.3 °C
• Maximum temperature: 4.9 °C

Event center: 73.0°N 325.5°E

Area affected: 381376 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-Jun-11_to_2011-Jun-16_325.5_73.0

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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: June 08 2011 to June 10 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 4.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 5.7 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 6.9 °C
• Maximum temperature: 14.4 °C

Event center: 67.5°N 309.5°E

Area affected: 51455 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-Jun-08_to_2011-Jun-10_309.5_67.5