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: 3 days

Time span: September 03 2020 to September 05 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 4.8 °C
• Mean temperature: 10.7 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 6.3 °C
• Maximum temperature: 12.9 °C

Event center: 69.5°N 124.5°E

Area affected: 53715 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_2020-Sep-03_to_2020-Sep-05_124.5_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: August 27 2020 to August 29 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 5.4 °C
• Mean temperature: 19.0 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 6.9 °C
• Maximum temperature: 21.1 °C

Event center: 57.5°N 56.0°E

Area affected: 50023 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_2020-Aug-27_to_2020-Aug-29_56.0_57.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Russian Federation

Duration: 27 days

Time span: July 19 2020 to August 14 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 2.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 14.4 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 4.5 °C
• Maximum temperature: 17.5 °C

Event center: 57.5°N 149.0°E

Area affected: 402006 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_2020-Jul-19_to_2020-Aug-14_149.0_57.5

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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: July 17 2020 to July 20 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 5.7 °C
• Mean temperature: 22.9 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 7.4 °C
• Maximum temperature: 26.9 °C

Event center: 58.5°N 133.0°E

Area affected: 125339 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_2020-Jul-17_to_2020-Jul-20_133.0_58.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Russian Federation

Duration: 12 days

Time span: July 16 2020 to July 27 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 3.1 °C
• Mean temperature: 14.5 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 6.0 °C
• Maximum temperature: 18.5 °C

Event center: 60.5°N 157.0°E

Area affected: 68924 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_2020-Jul-16_to_2020-Jul-27_157.0_60.5

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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 16 2020 to July 21 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 2.8 °C
• Mean temperature: 17.0 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 4.2 °C
• Maximum temperature: 20.8 °C

Event center: 45.0°N 144.0°E

Area affected: 92164 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_2020-Jul-16_to_2020-Jul-21_144.0_45.0