Category: Heat waves affecting Türkiye

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Türkiye

Duration: 5 days

Time span: February 05 2026 to February 09 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 6.1 °C
• Mean temperature: 8.1 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 8.4 °C
• Maximum temperature: 13.3 °C

Event center: 40.0°N 32.0°E

Area affected: 81765 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_2026-Feb-05_to_2026-Feb-09_32.0_40.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Türkiye

Duration: 7 days

Time span: December 17 2025 to December 23 2025

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 3.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 12.5 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 5.2 °C
• Maximum temperature: 13.6 °C

Event center: 42.0°N 37.0°E

Area affected: 57405 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_2025-Dec-17_to_2025-Dec-23_37.0_42.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Türkiye

Duration: 5 days

Time span: December 22 2024 to December 26 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 6.7 °C
• Mean temperature: 5.3 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 9.5 °C
• Maximum temperature: 14.7 °C

Event center: 41.0°N 39.0°E

Area affected: 87500 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-Dec-22_to_2024-Dec-26_39.0_41.0