Category: Heat waves affecting Saudi Arabia

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Saudi Arabia

Duration: 12 days

Time span: May 25 2012 to June 05 2012

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 2.8 °C
• Mean temperature: 34.7 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 7.4 °C
• Maximum temperature: 40.5 °C

Event center: 18.0°N 42.5°E

Area affected: 216764 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_2012-May-25_to_2012-Jun-05_42.5_18.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Saudi Arabia

Duration: 5 days

Time span: May 01 2012 to May 05 2012

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 3.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 32.2 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 4.9 °C
• Maximum temperature: 34.6 °C

Event center: 23.5°N 42.5°E

Area affected: 97360 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_2012-May-01_to_2012-May-05_42.5_23.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Saudi Arabia

Duration: 6 days

Time span: April 27 2012 to May 02 2012

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 2.5 °C
• Mean temperature: 33.4 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 3.0 °C
• Maximum temperature: 34.2 °C

Event center: 20.5°N 45.0°E

Area affected: 54874 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_2012-Apr-27_to_2012-May-02_45.0_20.5