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: 5 days

Time span: February 16 2023 to February 20 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 13.4 °C
• Mean temperature: -8.2 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 19.8 °C
• Maximum temperature: -3.5 °C

Event center: 65.5°N 90.0°E

Area affected: 252304 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-Feb-16_to_2023-Feb-20_90.0_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: February 13 2023 to February 16 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 14.5 °C
• Mean temperature: -17.7 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 20.3 °C
• Maximum temperature: -11.0 °C

Event center: 73.5°N 102.5°E

Area affected: 128652 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-Feb-13_to_2023-Feb-16_102.5_73.5

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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: February 01 2023 to February 05 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 14.1 °C
• Mean temperature: -10.2 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 18.0 °C
• Maximum temperature: -6.8 °C

Event center: 68.5°N 87.5°E

Area affected: 259207 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-Feb-01_to_2023-Feb-05_87.5_68.5

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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 26 2023 to January 28 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 12.8 °C
• Mean temperature: -8.0 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 16.2 °C
• Maximum temperature: -4.5 °C

Event center: 62.5°N 73.0°E

Area affected: 62511 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-Jan-26_to_2023-Jan-28_73.0_62.5

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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: December 30 2022 to January 02 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 14.9 °C
• Mean temperature: -19.1 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 19.6 °C
• Maximum temperature: -15.4 °C

Event center: 69.5°N 110.0°E

Area affected: 137791 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_2022-Dec-30_to_2023-Jan-02_110.0_69.5

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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 17 2022 to December 19 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 10.1 °C
• Mean temperature: -3.3 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 12.7 °C
• Maximum temperature: -0.7 °C

Event center: 54.0°N 59.5°E

Area affected: 53078 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_2022-Dec-17_to_2022-Dec-19_59.5_54.0