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Event type: Heat wave
Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference):
- Argentina
- Aruba
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Chile
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- French Guiana
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Honduras
- Martinique
- Mexico
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Puerto Rico
- Saint Eustatius
- Saint Lucia
- Suriname
- Venezuela
Duration: 90 days
Time span: April 23 2011 to July 21 2011
Statistics over entire affected area:
- Mean temperature anomaly: 1.3 °C
- Mean temperature: 26.8 °C
- Maximum temperature anomaly: 9.0 °C
- Maximum temperature: 32.0 °C
Event center: 15.0°N 311.0°E
Area affected: 13015698 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-23_to_2011-Jul-21_311.0_15.0
