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: 17 days

Time span: May 18 2012 to June 03 2012

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 6.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 19.3 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 9.4 °C
• Maximum temperature: 24.8 °C

Event center: 43.5°N 282.5°E

Area affected: 56455 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-18_to_2012-Jun-03_282.5_43.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Canada
• United States

Duration: 32 days

Time span: May 03 2012 to June 03 2012

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 3.8 °C
• Mean temperature: 10.5 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 13.3 °C
• Maximum temperature: 25.1 °C

Event center: 43.5°N 294.0°E

Area affected: 2680618 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-03_to_2012-Jun-03_294.0_43.5

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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: April 13 2012 to April 16 2012

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 5.8 °C
• Mean temperature: 8.7 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 10.4 °C
• Maximum temperature: 16.8 °C

Event center: 45.5°N 273.0°E

Area affected: 170513 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-13_to_2012-Apr-16_273.0_45.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Canada
• United States

Duration: 9 days

Time span: April 12 2012 to April 20 2012

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 5.1 °C
• Mean temperature: 2.8 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 7.3 °C
• Maximum temperature: 8.4 °C

Event center: 63.0°N 217.0°E

Area affected: 81561 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-12_to_2012-Apr-20_217.0_63.0