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: 5 days

Time span: November 05 2021 to November 09 2021

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 8.7 °C
• Mean temperature: -15.7 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 17.7 °C
• Maximum temperature: -8.0 °C

Event center: 82.5°N 299.0°E

Area affected: 58916 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_2021-Nov-05_to_2021-Nov-09_299.0_82.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Canada
• Greenland

Duration: 9 days

Time span: September 05 2021 to September 13 2021

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 4.2 °C
• Mean temperature: -2.9 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 6.1 °C
• Maximum temperature: -0.6 °C

Event center: 84.0°N 326.0°E

Area affected: 86459 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_2021-Sep-05_to_2021-Sep-13_326.0_84.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Canada
• Greenland

Duration: 6 days

Time span: August 30 2021 to September 04 2021

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 4.2 °C
• Mean temperature: -0.1 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 8.4 °C
• Maximum temperature: 5.2 °C

Event center: 83.0°N 313.5°E

Area affected: 75164 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_2021-Aug-30_to_2021-Sep-04_313.5_83.0

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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: August 23 2021 to August 27 2021

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 4.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 2.0 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 7.1 °C
• Maximum temperature: 6.4 °C

Event center: 80.5°N 298.0°E

Area affected: 53370 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_2021-Aug-23_to_2021-Aug-27_298.0_80.5

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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: July 20 2021 to August 07 2021

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 3.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 9.7 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 12.6 °C
• Maximum temperature: 25.2 °C

Event center: 63.5°N 305.0°E

Area affected: 637989 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_2021-Jul-20_to_2021-Aug-07_305.0_63.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Canada
• Greenland

Duration: 7 days

Time span: July 08 2021 to July 14 2021

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 1.4 °C
• Mean temperature: 2.4 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 8.2 °C
• Maximum temperature: 10.9 °C

Event center: 83.0°N 297.5°E

Area affected: 376301 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_2021-Jul-08_to_2021-Jul-14_297.5_83.0