Category: Heat waves affecting United States

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Canada
• United States

Duration: 4 days

Time span: August 16 2024 to August 19 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 3.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 16.3 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 6.0 °C
• Maximum temperature: 18.9 °C

Event center: 55.0°N 228.5°E

Area affected: 52564 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-Aug-16_to_2024-Aug-19_228.5_55.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Canada
• United States

Duration: 5 days

Time span: August 01 2024 to August 05 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 5.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 20.7 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 7.4 °C
• Maximum temperature: 27.7 °C

Event center: 48.5°N 240.5°E

Area affected: 125525 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-Aug-01_to_2024-Aug-05_240.5_48.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Canada
• United States

Duration: 4 days

Time span: July 30 2024 to August 02 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 4.5 °C
• Mean temperature: 23.4 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 5.9 °C
• Maximum temperature: 25.9 °C

Event center: 50.5°N 262.0°E

Area affected: 221588 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-30_to_2024-Aug-02_262.0_50.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Canada
• United States

Duration: 4 days

Time span: July 25 2024 to July 28 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 5.0 °C
• Mean temperature: 24.0 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 8.3 °C
• Maximum temperature: 30.2 °C

Event center: 52.5°N 268.5°E

Area affected: 286508 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-25_to_2024-Jul-28_268.5_52.5