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):

• United States

Duration: 5 days

Time span: September 18 2022 to September 22 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 2.8 °C
• Mean temperature: 25.1 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 5.1 °C
• Maximum temperature: 26.6 °C

Event center: 38.0°N 287.0°E

Area affected: 123371 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_2022-Sep-18_to_2022-Sep-22_287.0_38.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• United States

Duration: 11 days

Time span: September 17 2022 to September 27 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 5.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 27.9 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 11.9 °C
• Maximum temperature: 31.1 °C

Event center: 30.5°N 267.5°E

Area affected: 1555063 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_2022-Sep-17_to_2022-Sep-27_267.5_30.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• United States

Duration: 6 days

Time span: September 17 2022 to September 22 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 3.8 °C
• Mean temperature: 4.6 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 5.0 °C
• Maximum temperature: 7.8 °C

Event center: 71.0°N 198.5°E

Area affected: 77560 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_2022-Sep-17_to_2022-Sep-22_198.5_71.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• United States

Duration: 25 days

Time span: September 11 2022 to October 05 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 1.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 26.1 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 2.6 °C
• Maximum temperature: 28.7 °C

Event center: 25.5°N 200.5°E

Area affected: 4432694 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_2022-Sep-11_to_2022-Oct-05_200.5_25.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• United States

Duration: 5 days

Time span: September 02 2022 to September 06 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 0.9 °C
• Mean temperature: 26.8 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 1.1 °C
• Maximum temperature: 27.1 °C

Event center: 26.5°N 187.5°E

Area affected: 52773 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_2022-Sep-02_to_2022-Sep-06_187.5_26.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• United States

Duration: 4 days

Time span: August 07 2022 to August 10 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 5.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 27.2 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 7.0 °C
• Maximum temperature: 32.6 °C

Event center: 46.0°N 240.5°E

Area affected: 59473 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_2022-Aug-07_to_2022-Aug-10_240.5_46.0