Cold spell occuring from March 12 2021 to March 24 2021 at -66.0°S 64.0°E

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Event type: Cold spell

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

  • French Southern Territories

Duration: 13 days

Time span: March 12 2021 to March 24 2021

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: -2.5 °C
  • Mean temperature: 0.3 °C
  • Minimum temperature anomaly: -8.6 °C
  • Minimum temperature: -18.5 °C

Event center: -66.0°S 64.0°E

Area affected: 4599906 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-Mar-12_to_2021-Mar-24_64.0_-66.0