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: 6 days

Time span: February 03 2010 to February 08 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 12.3 °C
• Mean temperature: -8.5 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 17.8 °C
• Maximum temperature: -0.4 °C

Event center: 82.5°N 80.0°E

Area affected: 426625 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_2010-Feb-03_to_2010-Feb-08_80.0_82.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Russian Federation

Duration: 6 days

Time span: February 03 2010 to February 08 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 8.3 °C
• Mean temperature: -4.9 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 11.9 °C
• Maximum temperature: -0.8 °C

Event center: 54.0°N 138.5°E

Area affected: 70550 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_2010-Feb-03_to_2010-Feb-08_138.5_54.0

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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: January 28 2010 to January 30 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 8.9 °C
• Mean temperature: -18.3 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 15.1 °C
• Maximum temperature: -15.3 °C

Event center: 72.0°N 154.0°E

Area affected: 68459 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_2010-Jan-28_to_2010-Jan-30_154.0_72.0

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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: January 27 2010 to February 05 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 13.5 °C
• Mean temperature: -16.8 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 27.7 °C
• Maximum temperature: -2.2 °C

Event center: 60.0°N 139.0°E

Area affected: 944947 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_2010-Jan-27_to_2010-Feb-05_139.0_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: January 20 2010 to January 22 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 14.4 °C
• Mean temperature: -18.5 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 19.7 °C
• Maximum temperature: -12.7 °C

Event center: 65.5°N 115.5°E

Area affected: 75497 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_2010-Jan-20_to_2010-Jan-22_115.5_65.5

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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 06 2010 to January 08 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 9.0 °C
• Mean temperature: -23.8 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 12.8 °C
• Maximum temperature: -20.5 °C

Event center: 70.5°N 141.0°E

Area affected: 85685 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_2010-Jan-06_to_2010-Jan-08_141.0_70.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Russian Federation

Duration: 6 days

Time span: July 23 2026 to July 28 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 1.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 2.4 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 8.2 °C
• Maximum temperature: 9.4 °C

Event center: 79.0°N 104.5°E

Area affected: 72000 km$^2$

Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.

Event ID: Heat_wave_2026-Jul-23_to_2026-Jul-28_104.5_79.0

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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: July 21 2026 to July 28 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 5.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 21.3 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 9.2 °C
• Maximum temperature: 27.9 °C

Event center: 58.0°N 133.5°E

Area affected: 469692 km$^2$

Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.

Event ID: Heat_wave_2026-Jul-21_to_2026-Jul-28_133.5_58.0