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Event type: Heat wave
Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference):
- Angola
- Argentina
- Bolivia, Plurinational State of
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Burundi
- Colombia
- Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
- Costa Rica
- Ecuador
- Eswatini
- Honduras
- Lesotho
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Rwanda
- South Africa
- Tanzania, United Republic of
- Uganda
- Uruguay
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Duration: 57 days
Time span: September 24 2020 to November 19 2020
Statistics over entire affected area:
- Mean temperature anomaly: 3.4 °C
- Mean temperature: 27.3 °C
- Maximum temperature anomaly: 14.9 °C
- Maximum temperature: 36.5 °C
Event center: -12.0°S 287.5°E
Area affected: 22419625 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_2020-Sep-24_to_2020-Nov-19_287.5_-12.0
