Category: Heat waves affecting Mexico

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Mexico

Duration: 4 days

Time span: April 09 2010 to April 12 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 1.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 28.9 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 2.3 °C
• Maximum temperature: 30.2 °C

Event center: 14.0°N 263.0°E

Area affected: 92383 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_2010-Apr-09_to_2010-Apr-12_263.0_14.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Mexico

Duration: 6 days

Time span: March 07 2010 to March 12 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 3.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 21.4 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 6.5 °C
• Maximum temperature: 27.7 °C

Event center: 17.5°N 262.0°E

Area affected: 102526 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_2010-Mar-07_to_2010-Mar-12_262.0_17.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Mexico

Duration: 7 days

Time span: January 18 2010 to January 24 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 3.7 °C
• Mean temperature: 20.1 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 8.2 °C
• Maximum temperature: 26.7 °C

Event center: 17.5°N 260.0°E

Area affected: 174459 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_2010-Jan-18_to_2010-Jan-24_260.0_17.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Mexico

Duration: 5 days

Time span: January 09 2010 to January 13 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 2.0 °C
• Mean temperature: 20.7 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 3.8 °C
• Maximum temperature: 23.1 °C

Event center: 25.5°N 246.5°E

Area affected: 139917 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_2010-Jan-09_to_2010-Jan-13_246.5_25.5