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Event type: Heat wave
Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference):
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Belarus
- Benin
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Cabo Verde
- Cameroon
- Canarias
- Chad
- China
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- France
- French Guiana
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Hungary
- India
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Libya
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Mali
- Martinique
- Mauritania
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Nepal
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palestinian Territory
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russian Federation
- Saint Lucia
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sudan
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Tajikistan
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Turkiye
- Turkmenistan
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- Uzbekistan
- Venezuela
- Yemen
Duration: 149 days
Time span: September 04 2010 to January 30 2011
Statistics over entire affected area:
- Mean temperature anomaly: 4.6 °C
- Mean temperature: 19.1 °C
- Maximum temperature anomaly: 28.2 °C
- Maximum temperature: 37.2 °C
Event center: 26.5°N 35.0°E
Area affected: 58671948 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_2010-Sep-04_to_2011-Jan-30_35.0_26.5