Category: Heat waves affecting Libya

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Libya

Duration: 6 days

Time span: January 03 2025 to January 08 2025

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 3.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 15.5 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 4.9 °C
• Maximum temperature: 18.1 °C

Event center: 28.5°N 20.0°E

Area affected: 62671 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_2025-Jan-03_to_2025-Jan-08_20.0_28.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Libya

Duration: 9 days

Time span: December 04 2023 to December 12 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 2.7 °C
• Mean temperature: 17.4 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 4.0 °C
• Maximum temperature: 19.8 °C

Event center: 28.0°N 20.0°E

Area affected: 64639 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-Dec-04_to_2023-Dec-12_20.0_28.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Libya

Duration: 3 days

Time span: August 03 2023 to August 05 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 3.9 °C
• Mean temperature: 33.7 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 5.5 °C
• Maximum temperature: 35.6 °C

Event center: 29.5°N 14.0°E

Area affected: 86521 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-Aug-03_to_2023-Aug-05_14.0_29.5