Category: Heat waves affecting Syrian Arab Republic

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Iraq
• Syrian Arab Republic
• Türkiye

Duration: 10 days

Time span: July 16 2024 to July 25 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 3.1 °C
• Mean temperature: 36.3 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 4.1 °C
• Maximum temperature: 39.0 °C

Event center: 37.0°N 42.0°E

Area affected: 54388 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_2024-Jul-16_to_2024-Jul-25_42.0_37.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Iraq
• Syrian Arab Republic
• Türkiye

Duration: 7 days

Time span: July 13 2023 to July 19 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 3.0 °C
• Mean temperature: 34.0 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 4.2 °C
• Maximum temperature: 39.0 °C

Event center: 37.0°N 41.5°E

Area affected: 66902 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_2023-Jul-13_to_2023-Jul-19_41.5_37.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Iraq
• Syrian Arab Republic
• Türkiye

Duration: 5 days

Time span: July 04 2023 to July 08 2023

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 3.4 °C
• Mean temperature: 35.0 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 5.1 °C
• Maximum temperature: 41.1 °C

Event center: 37.5°N 42.5°E

Area affected: 102417 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_2023-Jul-04_to_2023-Jul-08_42.5_37.5