Cold spell occuring from January 25 2020 to February 11 2020 at 78.0°N 280.5°E

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Event type: Cold spell

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

  • Canada
  • Greenland

Duration: 18 days

Time span: January 25 2020 to February 11 2020

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: -8.1 °C
  • Mean temperature: -38.7 °C
  • Minimum temperature anomaly: -16.4 °C
  • Minimum temperature: -54.7 °C

Event center: 78.0°N 280.5°E

Area affected: 347419 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_2020-Jan-25_to_2020-Feb-11_280.5_78.0