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: 5 days

Time span: January 22 2023 to January 26 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 9.4 °C
• Mean temperature: -20.2 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 15.1 °C
• Maximum temperature: -10.2 °C

Event center: 82.0°N 335.0°E

Area affected: 154178 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-Jan-22_to_2023-Jan-26_335.0_82.0

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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: November 13 2022 to November 15 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 10.2 °C
• Mean temperature: -18.9 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 13.5 °C
• Maximum temperature: -7.4 °C

Event center: 78.5°N 309.0°E

Area affected: 163093 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_2022-Nov-13_to_2022-Nov-15_309.0_78.5

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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: November 03 2022 to November 08 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 9.2 °C
• Mean temperature: -16.4 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 11.9 °C
• Maximum temperature: -0.5 °C

Event center: 67.0°N 319.0°E

Area affected: 146894 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_2022-Nov-03_to_2022-Nov-08_319.0_67.0

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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 26 2022 to November 03 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 10.7 °C
• Mean temperature: -12.4 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 18.5 °C
• Maximum temperature: 7.5 °C

Event center: 70.0°N 322.0°E

Area affected: 1131647 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_2022-Oct-26_to_2022-Nov-03_322.0_70.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Greenland

Duration: 5 days

Time span: October 21 2022 to October 25 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 7.0 °C
• Mean temperature: -0.4 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 12.5 °C
• Maximum temperature: 4.5 °C

Event center: 66.0°N 309.5°E

Area affected: 208292 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_2022-Oct-21_to_2022-Oct-25_309.5_66.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Greenland

Duration: 8 days

Time span: October 16 2022 to October 23 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 12.2 °C
• Mean temperature: -11.4 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 18.5 °C
• Maximum temperature: 6.8 °C

Event center: 71.5°N 332.5°E

Area affected: 1007626 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_2022-Oct-16_to_2022-Oct-23_332.5_71.5