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: 6 days

Time span: July 30 2012 to August 04 2012

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 4.7 °C
• Mean temperature: 27.9 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 6.0 °C
• Maximum temperature: 30.4 °C

Event center: 40.5°N 266.0°E

Area affected: 80074 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_2012-Jul-30_to_2012-Aug-04_266.0_40.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• United States

Duration: 6 days

Time span: July 22 2012 to July 27 2012

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 3.1 °C
• Mean temperature: 30.0 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 4.8 °C
• Maximum temperature: 32.4 °C

Event center: 32.5°N 274.5°E

Area affected: 145258 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_2012-Jul-22_to_2012-Jul-27_274.5_32.5

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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: July 16 2012 to July 19 2012

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 2.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 27.3 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 3.8 °C
• Maximum temperature: 29.6 °C

Event center: 38.0°N 285.0°E

Area affected: 56053 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_2012-Jul-16_to_2012-Jul-19_285.0_38.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• United States

Duration: 3 days

Time span: June 17 2012 to June 19 2012

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 7.0 °C
• Mean temperature: 27.1 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 9.7 °C
• Maximum temperature: 31.4 °C

Event center: 41.0°N 257.5°E

Area affected: 96517 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_2012-Jun-17_to_2012-Jun-19_257.5_41.0