Cold spell occuring from April 11 2021 to April 16 2021 at 11.0°N 80.5°E

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Event type: Cold spell

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

  • Sri Lanka

Duration: 6 days

Time span: April 11 2021 to April 16 2021

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: -1.3 °C
  • Mean temperature: 27.5 °C
  • Minimum temperature anomaly: -2.7 °C
  • Minimum temperature: 26.2 °C

Event center: 11.0°N 80.5°E

Area affected: 106304 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: Cold_spell_2021-Apr-11_to_2021-Apr-16_80.5_11.0