Category: Heat waves affecting Kazakhstan

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Kazakhstan
• Russian Federation

Duration: 10 days

Time span: April 24 2026 to May 03 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 8.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 2.6 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 14.9 °C
• Maximum temperature: 22.0 °C

Event center: 67.0°N 71.0°E

Area affected: 3687464 km$^2$

Fig. 1: unavailable since event is ongoing.

Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.

Event ID: Heat_wave_2026-Apr-24_to_2026-May-03_71.0_67.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Kazakhstan
• Russian Federation

Duration: 3 days

Time span: March 08 2026 to March 10 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 8.8 °C
• Mean temperature: -0.6 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 14.4 °C
• Maximum temperature: 7.1 °C

Event center: 48.5°N 83.0°E

Area affected: 78766 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_2026-Mar-08_to_2026-Mar-10_83.0_48.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Kazakhstan
• Russian Federation

Duration: 3 days

Time span: March 07 2026 to March 09 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 8.8 °C
• Mean temperature: -0.8 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 10.4 °C
• Maximum temperature: 1.9 °C

Event center: 53.0°N 79.5°E

Area affected: 68996 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_2026-Mar-07_to_2026-Mar-09_79.5_53.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Kazakhstan
• Russian Federation

Duration: 4 days

Time span: February 16 2026 to February 19 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 10.2 °C
• Mean temperature: -3.2 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 15.5 °C
• Maximum temperature: 2.6 °C

Event center: 48.5°N 83.5°E

Area affected: 52348 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_2026-Feb-16_to_2026-Feb-19_83.5_48.5