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: 4 days

Time span: March 15 2024 to March 18 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 7.7 °C
• Mean temperature: 1.6 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 9.6 °C
• Maximum temperature: 3.3 °C

Event center: 58.5°N 64.0°E

Area affected: 162599 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-Mar-15_to_2024-Mar-18_64.0_58.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Russian Federation

Duration: 11 days

Time span: March 12 2024 to March 22 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 8.0 °C
• Mean temperature: -3.5 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 14.8 °C
• Maximum temperature: 1.5 °C

Event center: 59.0°N 145.0°E

Area affected: 734641 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-Mar-12_to_2024-Mar-22_145.0_59.0

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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: March 11 2024 to March 20 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 2.9 °C
• Mean temperature: 10.1 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 5.5 °C
• Maximum temperature: 14.6 °C

Event center: 44.0°N 37.5°E

Area affected: 202193 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-Mar-11_to_2024-Mar-20_37.5_44.0

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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: March 10 2024 to March 13 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 7.6 °C
• Mean temperature: -1.9 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 9.0 °C
• Maximum temperature: 0.2 °C

Event center: 52.0°N 113.5°E

Area affected: 55757 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-Mar-10_to_2024-Mar-13_113.5_52.0