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Event type: Heat wave
Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference):
- Antarctica
- Australia
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan
- Cambodia
- Canada
- China
- Christmas Island
- Cook Islands
- Fiji
- French Polynesia
- Hong Kong
- India
- Indonesia
- Japan
- Kazakhstan
- Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of
- Korea, Republic of
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lao People’s Democratic Republic
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mongolia
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand
- Norfolk Island
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Papua New Guinea
- Philippines
- Russian Federation
- Solomon Islands
- Sri Lanka
- Taiwan, Province of China
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Tonga
- United States
- Vanuatu
- Viet Nam
Duration: 341 days
Time span: February 19 2022 to January 25 2023
Statistics over entire affected area:
- Mean temperature anomaly: 2.6 °C
- Mean temperature: 19.0 °C
- Maximum temperature anomaly: 33.4 °C
- Maximum temperature: 37.4 °C
Event center: -11.0°S 150.0°E
Area affected: 154052228 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: Heat_wave_2022-Feb-19_to_2023-Jan-25_150.0_-11.0