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: 8 days

Time span: April 13 2012 to April 20 2012

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 5.3 °C
• Mean temperature: -0.6 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 7.7 °C
• Maximum temperature: 5.0 °C

Event center: 59.5°N 162.0°E

Area affected: 70762 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_2012-Apr-13_to_2012-Apr-20_162.0_59.5

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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: April 12 2012 to April 22 2012

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 7.7 °C
• Mean temperature: -1.9 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 13.7 °C
• Maximum temperature: 3.3 °C

Event center: 63.5°N 161.0°E

Area affected: 1504647 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_2012-Apr-12_to_2012-Apr-22_161.0_63.5

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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: April 10 2012 to April 14 2012

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 5.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 1.5 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 8.8 °C
• Maximum temperature: 3.6 °C

Event center: 70.0°N 51.5°E

Area affected: 201311 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_2012-Apr-10_to_2012-Apr-14_51.5_70.0

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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: April 09 2012 to April 12 2012

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 8.1 °C
• Mean temperature: -6.8 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 11.2 °C
• Maximum temperature: -3.2 °C

Event center: 70.0°N 185.0°E

Area affected: 128141 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_2012-Apr-09_to_2012-Apr-12_185.0_70.0

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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: April 02 2012 to April 05 2012

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 7.1 °C
• Mean temperature: 7.0 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 11.6 °C
• Maximum temperature: 11.2 °C

Event center: 54.0°N 84.0°E

Area affected: 117844 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_2012-Apr-02_to_2012-Apr-05_84.0_54.0

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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: March 31 2012 to April 04 2012

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 9.5 °C
• Mean temperature: 3.3 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 13.0 °C
• Maximum temperature: 8.4 °C

Event center: 65.0°N 75.5°E

Area affected: 473441 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_2012-Mar-31_to_2012-Apr-04_75.5_65.0

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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 30 2012 to April 09 2012

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 9.1 °C
• Mean temperature: -10.6 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 18.3 °C
• Maximum temperature: -1.0 °C

Event center: 79.5°N 70.0°E

Area affected: 1866517 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_2012-Mar-30_to_2012-Apr-09_70.0_79.5

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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: January 22 2012 to January 24 2012

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 10.0 °C
• Mean temperature: -3.9 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 15.9 °C
• Maximum temperature: -0.8 °C

Event center: 53.0°N 142.0°E

Area affected: 97282 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_2012-Jan-22_to_2012-Jan-24_142.0_53.0