Category: Heat waves affecting Morocco

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Morocco

Duration: 7 days

Time span: December 22 2024 to December 28 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 2.5 °C
• Mean temperature: 19.6 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 7.6 °C
• Maximum temperature: 22.8 °C

Event center: 30.5°N 350.5°E

Area affected: 181077 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-22_to_2024-Dec-28_350.5_30.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Morocco

Duration: 6 days

Time span: December 15 2024 to December 20 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 3.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 11.2 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 5.5 °C
• Maximum temperature: 19.0 °C

Event center: 31.0°N 351.0°E

Area affected: 50016 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-15_to_2024-Dec-20_351.0_31.0