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: November 25 2020 to November 29 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 3.9 °C
• Mean temperature: 23.3 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 8.3 °C
• Maximum temperature: 25.4 °C

Event center: 29.0°N 275.5°E

Area affected: 298588 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_2020-Nov-25_to_2020-Nov-29_275.5_29.0

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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: November 19 2020 to November 21 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 7.0 °C
• Mean temperature: 17.5 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 8.9 °C
• Maximum temperature: 19.4 °C

Event center: 35.5°N 263.5°E

Area affected: 71037 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_2020-Nov-19_to_2020-Nov-21_263.5_35.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• United States

Duration: 5 days

Time span: November 09 2020 to November 13 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 5.5 °C
• Mean temperature: 3.4 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 11.4 °C
• Maximum temperature: 6.1 °C

Event center: 62.0°N 193.5°E

Area affected: 110859 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_2020-Nov-09_to_2020-Nov-13_193.5_62.0

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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: November 07 2020 to November 11 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 11.4 °C
• Mean temperature: -4.1 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 16.2 °C
• Maximum temperature: 1.3 °C

Event center: 65.5°N 211.0°E

Area affected: 119250 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_2020-Nov-07_to_2020-Nov-11_211.0_65.5

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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: October 10 2020 to October 12 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 6.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 20.1 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 7.3 °C
• Maximum temperature: 22.2 °C

Event center: 40.5°N 277.0°E

Area affected: 97560 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_2020-Oct-10_to_2020-Oct-12_277.0_40.5

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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: October 08 2020 to October 17 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 3.4 °C
• Mean temperature: 25.3 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 6.0 °C
• Maximum temperature: 27.6 °C

Event center: 32.5°N 278.5°E

Area affected: 429697 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_2020-Oct-08_to_2020-Oct-17_278.5_32.5