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: 11 days

Time span: July 14 2020 to July 24 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 3.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 15.9 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 5.5 °C
• Maximum temperature: 18.5 °C

Event center: 58.0°N 203.0°E

Area affected: 90522 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-Jul-14_to_2020-Jul-24_203.0_58.0

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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 09 2020 to July 15 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 2.5 °C
• Mean temperature: 30.2 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 3.6 °C
• Maximum temperature: 31.3 °C

Event center: 30.0°N 267.5°E

Area affected: 135389 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-Jul-09_to_2020-Jul-15_267.5_30.0

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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: July 02 2020 to July 04 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 3.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 14.9 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 6.0 °C
• Maximum temperature: 18.2 °C

Event center: 60.0°N 215.0°E

Area affected: 69684 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-Jul-02_to_2020-Jul-04_215.0_60.0

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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: June 29 2020 to July 03 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 4.0 °C
• Mean temperature: 31.3 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 4.7 °C
• Maximum temperature: 32.7 °C

Event center: 34.0°N 258.0°E

Area affected: 52205 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-Jun-29_to_2020-Jul-03_258.0_34.0

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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: June 12 2020 to June 14 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 7.4 °C
• Mean temperature: 24.4 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 11.8 °C
• Maximum temperature: 29.9 °C

Event center: 44.5°N 254.0°E

Area affected: 144473 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-Jun-12_to_2020-Jun-14_254.0_44.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• United States

Duration: 12 days

Time span: June 08 2020 to June 19 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 1.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 8.6 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 1.9 °C
• Maximum temperature: 9.6 °C

Event center: 51.0°N 202.5°E

Area affected: 139597 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-Jun-08_to_2020-Jun-19_202.5_51.0

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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: June 06 2020 to June 11 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 1.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 28.4 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 2.3 °C
• Maximum temperature: 30.2 °C

Event center: 28.5°N 264.0°E

Area affected: 68439 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-Jun-06_to_2020-Jun-11_264.0_28.5

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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: June 03 2020 to June 05 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 6.9 °C
• Mean temperature: 24.5 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 8.7 °C
• Maximum temperature: 28.0 °C

Event center: 41.0°N 246.0°E

Area affected: 105501 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-Jun-03_to_2020-Jun-05_246.0_41.0