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Event type: Cold spell
Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference):
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
- Egypt
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Kenya
- Libya
- Mozambique
- Nigeria
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Tanzania, United Republic of
- Uganda
Duration: 28 days
Time span: February 15 2026 to March 14 2026
Statistics over entire affected area:
- Mean temperature anomaly: -3.9 °C
- Mean temperature: 22.8 °C
- Minimum temperature anomaly: -8.2 °C
- Minimum temperature: 7.9 °C
Event center: -2.5°S 36.0°E
Area affected: 6030435 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_2026-Feb-15_to_2026-Mar-14_36.0_-2.5