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Event type: Heat wave
Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference):
- Algeria
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Gambia
- Guinea-Bissau
- Libya
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Senegal
- South Sudan
- Sudan
Duration: 23 days
Time span: May 26 2020 to June 17 2020
Statistics over entire affected area:
- Mean temperature anomaly: 2.9 °C
- Mean temperature: 34.2 °C
- Maximum temperature anomaly: 7.5 °C
- Maximum temperature: 40.4 °C
Event center: 9.0°N 25.0°E
Area affected: 6716132 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-May-26_to_2020-Jun-17_25.0_9.0
