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: April 30 2020 to May 04 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 3.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 5.6 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 10.0 °C
• Maximum temperature: 15.7 °C

Event center: 49.5°N 140.5°E

Area affected: 312759 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-Apr-30_to_2020-May-04_140.5_49.5

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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: April 25 2020 to April 30 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 6.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 5.6 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 8.7 °C
• Maximum temperature: 9.5 °C

Event center: 58.0°N 118.5°E

Area affected: 65697 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-Apr-25_to_2020-Apr-30_118.5_58.0

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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: April 24 2020 to April 28 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 5.9 °C
• Mean temperature: 1.2 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 8.5 °C
• Maximum temperature: 3.3 °C

Event center: 65.5°N 154.5°E

Area affected: 57280 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-Apr-24_to_2020-Apr-28_154.5_65.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Russian Federation

Duration: 4 days

Time span: April 14 2020 to April 17 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 5.0 °C
• Mean temperature: 1.1 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 7.0 °C
• Maximum temperature: 3.9 °C

Event center: 67.5°N 47.0°E

Area affected: 64845 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-Apr-14_to_2020-Apr-17_47.0_67.5

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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 13 2020 to April 17 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 6.9 °C
• Mean temperature: 5.5 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 9.0 °C
• Maximum temperature: 8.5 °C

Event center: 59.5°N 106.5°E

Area affected: 63165 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-Apr-13_to_2020-Apr-17_106.5_59.5

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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 10 2020 to April 13 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 6.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 8.9 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 7.7 °C
• Maximum temperature: 9.8 °C

Event center: 59.0°N 64.0°E

Area affected: 52458 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-Apr-10_to_2020-Apr-13_64.0_59.0