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: May 02 2023 to May 05 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 6.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 0.8 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 9.2 °C
• Maximum temperature: 4.8 °C

Event center: 69.0°N 68.5°E

Area affected: 170591 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_2023-May-02_to_2023-May-05_68.5_69.0

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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 29 2023 to May 02 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 5.8 °C
• Mean temperature: -2.8 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 7.3 °C
• Maximum temperature: -0.7 °C

Event center: 76.5°N 62.5°E

Area affected: 53422 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_2023-Apr-29_to_2023-May-02_62.5_76.5

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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 27 2023 to May 01 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 7.4 °C
• Mean temperature: 1.9 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 10.4 °C
• Maximum temperature: 6.1 °C

Event center: 65.5°N 126.0°E

Area affected: 233080 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_2023-Apr-27_to_2023-May-01_126.0_65.5

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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 23 2023 to April 26 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 9.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 1.3 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 11.2 °C
• Maximum temperature: 4.0 °C

Event center: 70.5°N 86.0°E

Area affected: 106441 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_2023-Apr-23_to_2023-Apr-26_86.0_70.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Russian Federation

Duration: 14 days

Time span: April 15 2023 to April 28 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 7.0 °C
• Mean temperature: -3.3 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 13.0 °C
• Maximum temperature: 0.7 °C

Event center: 76.0°N 61.0°E

Area affected: 621215 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_2023-Apr-15_to_2023-Apr-28_61.0_76.0

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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: April 07 2023 to April 09 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 3.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 5.3 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 5.8 °C
• Maximum temperature: 11.3 °C

Event center: 45.0°N 159.0°E

Area affected: 639352 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_2023-Apr-07_to_2023-Apr-09_159.0_45.0