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: April 03 2011 to April 08 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 4.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 1.3 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 6.9 °C
• Maximum temperature: 3.9 °C

Event center: 74.5°N 44.5°E

Area affected: 277804 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_2011-Apr-03_to_2011-Apr-08_44.5_74.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Russian Federation

Duration: 3 days

Time span: April 03 2011 to April 05 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 5.9 °C
• Mean temperature: 5.6 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 8.0 °C
• Maximum temperature: 8.2 °C

Event center: 61.5°N 42.0°E

Area affected: 105828 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_2011-Apr-03_to_2011-Apr-05_42.0_61.5

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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: March 27 2011 to April 01 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 7.1 °C
• Mean temperature: -0.9 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 11.8 °C
• Maximum temperature: 4.5 °C

Event center: 55.0°N 136.5°E

Area affected: 350532 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_2011-Mar-27_to_2011-Apr-01_136.5_55.0

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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: March 15 2011 to March 19 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 7.6 °C
• Mean temperature: -15.7 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 12.1 °C
• Maximum temperature: -13.9 °C

Event center: 75.0°N 146.0°E

Area affected: 91498 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_2011-Mar-15_to_2011-Mar-19_146.0_75.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Russian Federation

Duration: 7 days

Time span: March 11 2011 to March 17 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 13.3 °C
• Mean temperature: -10.1 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 20.9 °C
• Maximum temperature: -4.5 °C

Event center: 72.5°N 99.5°E

Area affected: 970559 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_2011-Mar-11_to_2011-Mar-17_99.5_72.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Russian Federation

Duration: 7 days

Time span: February 27 2011 to March 05 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 4.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 0.9 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 8.0 °C
• Maximum temperature: 3.6 °C

Event center: 70.5°N 36.0°E

Area affected: 148632 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_2011-Feb-27_to_2011-Mar-05_36.0_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: February 26 2011 to March 03 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 11.0 °C
• Mean temperature: -2.2 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 18.9 °C
• Maximum temperature: 1.8 °C

Event center: 73.5°N 57.5°E

Area affected: 264233 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_2011-Feb-26_to_2011-Mar-03_57.5_73.5