Category: Heat waves affecting Russian Federation

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Russian Federation

Duration: 19 days

Time span: December 18 2024 to January 05 2025

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 13.0 °C
• Mean temperature: -6.4 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 19.8 °C
• Maximum temperature: 3.6 °C

Event center: 64.5°N 78.0°E

Area affected: 3581273 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-18_to_2025-Jan-05_78.0_64.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Russian Federation

Duration: 10 days

Time span: December 17 2024 to December 26 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 10.5 °C
• Mean temperature: -24.6 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 16.5 °C
• Maximum temperature: -16.9 °C

Event center: 57.0°N 133.5°E

Area affected: 186445 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-17_to_2024-Dec-26_133.5_57.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Russian Federation

Duration: 4 days

Time span: December 13 2024 to December 16 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 12.9 °C
• Mean temperature: -9.7 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 16.7 °C
• Maximum temperature: -5.2 °C

Event center: 60.0°N 93.0°E

Area affected: 111169 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-13_to_2024-Dec-16_93.0_60.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Russian Federation

Duration: 3 days

Time span: December 13 2024 to December 15 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 11.6 °C
• Mean temperature: -4.8 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 14.5 °C
• Maximum temperature: -1.3 °C

Event center: 59.5°N 87.5°E

Area affected: 51634 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-13_to_2024-Dec-15_87.5_59.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Russian Federation

Duration: 3 days

Time span: December 12 2024 to December 14 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 10.0 °C
• Mean temperature: -4.7 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 12.4 °C
• Maximum temperature: -3.0 °C

Event center: 61.5°N 74.0°E

Area affected: 87744 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-12_to_2024-Dec-14_74.0_61.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Russian Federation

Duration: 5 days

Time span: December 01 2024 to December 05 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 12.9 °C
• Mean temperature: -2.2 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 17.0 °C
• Maximum temperature: 0.9 °C

Event center: 58.5°N 64.5°E

Area affected: 596730 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-01_to_2024-Dec-05_64.5_58.5