Category: Heat waves affecting Mauritania

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Mali
• Mauritania

Duration: 5 days

Time span: June 27 2025 to July 01 2025

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 2.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 37.2 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 4.2 °C
• Maximum temperature: 39.9 °C

Event center: 18.5°N 358.0°E

Area affected: 338059 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-Jun-27_to_2025-Jul-01_358.0_18.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Mali
• Mauritania

Duration: 6 days

Time span: December 24 2024 to December 29 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 3.9 °C
• Mean temperature: 23.9 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 4.9 °C
• Maximum temperature: 29.4 °C

Event center: 19.0°N 353.0°E

Area affected: 155475 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-Dec-24_to_2024-Dec-29_353.0_19.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Mali
• Mauritania

Duration: 4 days

Time span: August 10 2024 to August 13 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 2.5 °C
• Mean temperature: 35.7 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 3.2 °C
• Maximum temperature: 36.8 °C

Event center: 18.5°N 354.0°E

Area affected: 73020 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-10_to_2024-Aug-13_354.0_18.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Mali
• Mauritania

Duration: 6 days

Time span: July 06 2024 to July 11 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 2.1 °C
• Mean temperature: 36.5 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 3.0 °C
• Maximum temperature: 38.1 °C

Event center: 19.0°N 356.5°E

Area affected: 105342 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-06_to_2024-Jul-11_356.5_19.0