Category: Heat waves affecting Uruguay

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Argentina
• Brazil
• Uruguay

Duration: 6 days

Time span: February 02 2026 to February 07 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 3.9 °C
• Mean temperature: 27.7 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 6.7 °C
• Maximum temperature: 33.0 °C

Event center: -33.0°S 302.0°E

Area affected: 312421 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_2026-Feb-02_to_2026-Feb-07_302.0_-33.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Argentina
• Brazil
• Uruguay

Duration: 11 days

Time span: October 19 2025 to October 29 2025

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 2.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 14.0 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 5.3 °C
• Maximum temperature: 21.9 °C

Event center: -49.5°S 315.0°E

Area affected: 3288239 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_2025-Oct-19_to_2025-Oct-29_315.0_-49.5

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Argentina
• Brazil
• Uruguay

Duration: 13 days

Time span: October 08 2025 to October 20 2025

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 2.8 °C
• Mean temperature: 12.2 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 6.8 °C
• Maximum temperature: 21.7 °C

Event center: -48.0°S 326.0°E

Area affected: 3738272 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_2025-Oct-08_to_2025-Oct-20_326.0_-48.0