Category: Heat waves affecting India

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• India
• Pakistan

Duration: 9 days

Time span: September 05 2024 to September 13 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 3.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 35.3 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 5.2 °C
• Maximum temperature: 37.3 °C

Event center: 29.0°N 71.0°E

Area affected: 78720 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-Sep-05_to_2024-Sep-13_71.0_29.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• India
• Pakistan

Duration: 7 days

Time span: August 20 2024 to August 26 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 2.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 26.5 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 3.7 °C
• Maximum temperature: 34.6 °C

Event center: 31.5°N 77.5°E

Area affected: 117010 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-Aug-20_to_2024-Aug-26_77.5_31.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• India
• Pakistan

Duration: 4 days

Time span: July 09 2024 to July 12 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 2.8 °C
• Mean temperature: 37.4 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 4.7 °C
• Maximum temperature: 40.8 °C

Event center: 28.0°N 71.0°E

Area affected: 95387 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-09_to_2024-Jul-12_71.0_28.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• India
• Pakistan

Duration: 4 days

Time span: May 07 2024 to May 10 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 2.9 °C
• Mean temperature: 37.4 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 4.0 °C
• Maximum temperature: 39.2 °C

Event center: 26.0°N 72.0°E

Area affected: 99672 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-07_to_2024-May-10_72.0_26.0