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: 3 days

Time span: August 05 2022 to August 07 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 6.0 °C
• Mean temperature: 31.5 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 7.8 °C
• Maximum temperature: 33.8 °C

Event center: 39.5°N 261.0°E

Area affected: 55113 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-05_to_2022-Aug-07_261.0_39.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• United States

Duration: 13 days

Time span: August 03 2022 to August 15 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 4.8 °C
• Mean temperature: 25.8 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 8.0 °C
• Maximum temperature: 31.5 °C

Event center: 40.0°N 252.0°E

Area affected: 539423 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-03_to_2022-Aug-15_252.0_40.0

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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: August 01 2022 to August 06 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 4.8 °C
• Mean temperature: 27.3 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 8.0 °C
• Maximum temperature: 30.3 °C

Event center: 40.0°N 255.0°E

Area affected: 58648 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-01_to_2022-Aug-06_255.0_40.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• United States

Duration: 7 days

Time span: July 27 2022 to August 02 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 2.0 °C
• Mean temperature: 29.5 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 3.5 °C
• Maximum temperature: 30.6 °C

Event center: 27.0°N 279.0°E

Area affected: 113612 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-Jul-27_to_2022-Aug-02_279.0_27.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• United States

Duration: 10 days

Time span: July 20 2022 to July 29 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 2.9 °C
• Mean temperature: 29.6 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 4.9 °C
• Maximum temperature: 32.0 °C

Event center: 35.5°N 272.5°E

Area affected: 58794 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-Jul-20_to_2022-Jul-29_272.5_35.5

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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: July 18 2022 to July 23 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 5.1 °C
• Mean temperature: 29.8 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 7.7 °C
• Maximum temperature: 33.6 °C

Event center: 40.0°N 258.5°E

Area affected: 56162 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-Jul-18_to_2022-Jul-23_258.5_40.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• United States

Duration: 7 days

Time span: July 18 2022 to July 24 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 0.9 °C
• Mean temperature: 25.7 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 1.4 °C
• Maximum temperature: 26.3 °C

Event center: 28.0°N 194.0°E

Area affected: 71768 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-Jul-18_to_2022-Jul-24_194.0_28.0