Category: Heat waves affecting Portugal

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Portugal
• Spain

Duration: 9 days

Time span: July 15 2020 to July 23 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 5.1 °C
• Mean temperature: 28.5 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 8.6 °C
• Maximum temperature: 33.2 °C

Event center: 42.0°N 351.5°E

Area affected: 78125 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-Jul-15_to_2020-Jul-23_351.5_42.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Portugal
• Spain

Duration: 7 days

Time span: July 14 2020 to July 20 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 1.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 23.0 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 4.0 °C
• Maximum temperature: 29.9 °C

Event center: 37.0°N 352.0°E

Area affected: 178867 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-Jul-14_to_2020-Jul-20_352.0_37.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Portugal
• Spain

Duration: 4 days

Time span: July 05 2020 to July 08 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 5.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 28.6 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 7.3 °C
• Maximum temperature: 33.6 °C

Event center: 37.5°N 356.5°E

Area affected: 155001 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-Jul-05_to_2020-Jul-08_356.5_37.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Portugal
• Spain

Duration: 6 days

Time span: February 08 2020 to February 13 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 4.1 °C
• Mean temperature: 10.3 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 5.9 °C
• Maximum temperature: 12.6 °C

Event center: 41.5°N 354.0°E

Area affected: 53475 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-Feb-08_to_2020-Feb-13_354.0_41.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Portugal
• Spain

Duration: 8 days

Time span: January 14 2020 to January 21 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 1.9 °C
• Mean temperature: 18.7 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 4.7 °C
• Maximum temperature: 21.9 °C

Event center: 29.5°N 329.0°E

Area affected: 2250638 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-Jan-14_to_2020-Jan-21_329.0_29.5