Category: Heat waves affecting Maldives

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Maldives

Duration: 3 days

Time span: October 02 2024 to October 04 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 1.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 28.2 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 1.7 °C
• Maximum temperature: 28.6 °C

Event center: 3.0°N 73.0°E

Area affected: 141944 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-Oct-02_to_2024-Oct-04_73.0_3.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Maldives

Duration: 7 days

Time span: April 01 2022 to April 07 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 1.0 °C
• Mean temperature: 28.9 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 1.4 °C
• Maximum temperature: 29.2 °C

Event center: 3.0°N 72.5°E

Area affected: 64806 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_2022-Apr-01_to_2022-Apr-07_72.5_3.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Maldives

Duration: 6 days

Time span: August 11 2021 to August 16 2021

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 0.9 °C
• Mean temperature: 28.1 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 1.2 °C
• Maximum temperature: 28.4 °C

Event center: 3.5°N 74.5°E

Area affected: 496978 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-11_to_2021-Aug-16_74.5_3.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Maldives

Duration: 17 days

Time span: January 07 2021 to January 23 2021

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 1.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 28.0 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 1.9 °C
• Maximum temperature: 28.8 °C

Event center: -1.0°S 86.0°E

Area affected: 1714230 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-Jan-07_to_2021-Jan-23_86.0_-1.0