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: 5 days

Time span: April 13 2010 to April 17 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 4.7 °C
• Mean temperature: 6.1 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 12.0 °C
• Maximum temperature: 15.8 °C

Event center: 47.5°N 269.5°E

Area affected: 89431 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_2010-Apr-13_to_2010-Apr-17_269.5_47.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Canada
• United States

Duration: 16 days

Time span: March 28 2010 to April 12 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 9.4 °C
• Mean temperature: 7.5 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 22.2 °C
• Maximum temperature: 26.8 °C

Event center: 44.5°N 296.0°E

Area affected: 9081953 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_2010-Mar-28_to_2010-Apr-12_296.0_44.5

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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: March 21 2010 to March 29 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 4.4 °C
• Mean temperature: 2.6 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 7.6 °C
• Maximum temperature: 9.7 °C

Event center: 57.0°N 228.5°E

Area affected: 232928 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_2010-Mar-21_to_2010-Mar-29_228.5_57.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Canada
• United States

Duration: 30 days

Time span: February 25 2010 to March 26 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 12.6 °C
• Mean temperature: -6.7 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 25.1 °C
• Maximum temperature: 18.3 °C

Event center: 60.0°N 267.0°E

Area affected: 11350892 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_2010-Feb-25_to_2010-Mar-26_267.0_60.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Canada
• United States

Duration: 12 days

Time span: February 13 2010 to February 24 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 8.9 °C
• Mean temperature: -1.8 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 19.9 °C
• Maximum temperature: 8.4 °C

Event center: 69.0°N 216.5°E

Area affected: 1436075 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_2010-Feb-13_to_2010-Feb-24_216.5_69.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Canada
• United States

Duration: 7 days

Time span: February 10 2010 to February 16 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 5.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 2.8 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 8.9 °C
• Maximum temperature: 6.0 °C

Event center: 48.5°N 242.5°E

Area affected: 81351 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_2010-Feb-10_to_2010-Feb-16_242.5_48.5