Cold spell occuring from December 29 2021 to January 06 2022 at 73.0°N 51.5°E

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Event type: Cold spell

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

  • Russian Federation

Duration: 9 days

Time span: December 29 2021 to January 06 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: -9.4 °C
  • Mean temperature: -18.6 °C
  • Minimum temperature anomaly: -16.9 °C
  • Minimum temperature: -39.9 °C

Event center: 73.0°N 51.5°E

Area affected: 438958 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-Dec-29_to_2022-Jan-06_51.5_73.0