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: September 13 2021 to September 16 2021

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 6.0 °C
• Mean temperature: 12.5 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 9.7 °C
• Maximum temperature: 15.8 °C

Event center: 60.0°N 135.5°E

Area affected: 74798 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_2021-Sep-13_to_2021-Sep-16_135.5_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: September 02 2021 to September 04 2021

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 6.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 18.5 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 9.9 °C
• Maximum temperature: 22.6 °C

Event center: 59.0°N 64.0°E

Area affected: 62288 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_2021-Sep-02_to_2021-Sep-04_64.0_59.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Russian Federation

Duration: 17 days

Time span: September 02 2021 to September 18 2021

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 5.7 °C
• Mean temperature: 8.7 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 10.8 °C
• Maximum temperature: 19.0 °C

Event center: 74.5°N 100.5°E

Area affected: 4531472 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_2021-Sep-02_to_2021-Sep-18_100.5_74.5

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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: August 31 2021 to September 04 2021

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 2.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 2.0 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 4.0 °C
• Maximum temperature: 4.4 °C

Event center: 76.0°N 160.0°E

Area affected: 93263 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_2021-Aug-31_to_2021-Sep-04_160.0_76.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Russian Federation

Duration: 13 days

Time span: August 30 2021 to September 11 2021

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 5.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 14.7 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 7.6 °C
• Maximum temperature: 20.4 °C

Event center: 57.0°N 125.0°E

Area affected: 479690 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_2021-Aug-30_to_2021-Sep-11_125.0_57.0

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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: August 28 2021 to September 01 2021

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 5.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 17.2 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 6.7 °C
• Maximum temperature: 19.2 °C

Event center: 57.0°N 106.5°E

Area affected: 101252 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_2021-Aug-28_to_2021-Sep-01_106.5_57.0

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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: August 20 2021 to August 22 2021

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 7.9 °C
• Mean temperature: 16.3 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 10.7 °C
• Maximum temperature: 18.6 °C

Event center: 67.5°N 148.5°E

Area affected: 51236 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_2021-Aug-20_to_2021-Aug-22_148.5_67.5

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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: August 06 2021 to August 11 2021

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 5.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 21.1 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 7.2 °C
• Maximum temperature: 23.3 °C

Event center: 62.0°N 126.5°E

Area affected: 120120 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_2021-Aug-06_to_2021-Aug-11_126.5_62.0