{"id":174621,"date":"2026-04-08T04:31:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T04:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/heat-wave-occuring-from-april-28-2022-to-june-08-2022-at-8-5n-41-5e\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T04:31:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T04:31:38","slug":"heat-wave-occuring-from-april-28-2022-to-june-08-2022-at-8-5n-41-5e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/heat-wave-occuring-from-april-28-2022-to-june-08-2022-at-8-5n-41-5e\/","title":{"rendered":"Heat wave occuring from April 28 2022 to June 08 2022 at 8.5\u00b0N 41.5\u00b0E"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Download data: <a href=\"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022-Apr-28_to_2022-Jun-08_41.5_8.5.json\">JSON<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Event type: Heat wave<\/p>\n<p>Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Angola<\/li>\n<li>Burundi<\/li>\n<li>Central African Republic<\/li>\n<li>Chad<\/li>\n<li>Congo, The Democratic Republic of the<\/li>\n<li>Djibouti<\/li>\n<li>Egypt<\/li>\n<li>Eritrea<\/li>\n<li>Ethiopia<\/li>\n<li>Kenya<\/li>\n<li>Malawi<\/li>\n<li>Niger<\/li>\n<li>Oman<\/li>\n<li>Rwanda<\/li>\n<li>Saudi Arabia<\/li>\n<li>Somalia<\/li>\n<li>South Sudan<\/li>\n<li>Sudan<\/li>\n<li>Tanzania, United Republic of<\/li>\n<li>Uganda<\/li>\n<li>Yemen<\/li>\n<li>Zambia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Duration: 42 days<\/p>\n<p>Time span: April 28 2022 to June 08 2022<\/p>\n<p>Statistics over entire affected area: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mean temperature anomaly: 2.5 \u00b0C<\/li>\n<li>Mean temperature: 28.7 \u00b0C<\/li>\n<li>Maximum temperature anomaly: 7.2 \u00b0C<\/li>\n<li>Maximum temperature: 39.0 \u00b0C<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Event center: 8.5\u00b0N 41.5\u00b0E<\/p>\n<p>Area affected: 8038571 km$^2$<\/p>\n<p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/extreme_weather_anomaly_map_2022-Apr-28_to_2022-Jun-08_41.5_8.5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-117\" src=\"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/extreme_weather_anomaly_map_2022-Apr-28_to_2022-Jun-08_41.5_8.5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><br clear=\"all\" \/>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.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/extreme_weather_time_evo_2022-Apr-28_to_2022-Jun-08_41.5_8.5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-117\" src=\"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/extreme_weather_time_evo_2022-Apr-28_to_2022-Jun-08_41.5_8.5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><br \/><br clear=\"all\" \/>Fig. 2: Evolution of temperature at the center of the event. The climatological percentile distribution is illustrated with color shadings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/evo_map_2022-Apr-28_to_2022-Jun-08_41.5_8.5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-117\" src=\"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/evo_map_2022-Apr-28_to_2022-Jun-08_41.5_8.5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><br \/><br clear=\"all\" \/>Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.<\/p>\n<p>Event ID: Heat_wave_2022-Apr-28_to_2022-Jun-08_41.5_8.5<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download data: JSON Event type: Heat wave Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference): Angola Burundi Central African Republic Chad Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Djibouti Egypt Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Malawi Niger Oman Rwanda Saudi Arabia Somalia South Sudan Sudan Tanzania, United Republic of Uganda Yemen Zambia Duration: 42 days &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/heat-wave-occuring-from-april-28-2022-to-june-08-2022-at-8-5n-41-5e\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Heat wave occuring from April 28 2022 to June 08 2022 at 8.5\u00b0N 41.5\u00b0E&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2235,2195,2002,2093,1922,2136,2138,1938,1956,1958,2110,2042,2178,2197,2115,2108,1960,1940,2103,1962,2106,2199,2236,2196,2003,2094,1923,2406,2414,2313,2232,2102,2111,2043,2292,2198,2116,2233,2004,2280,2104,2105,2164,2200,744],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-174621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-extremes-affecting-angola","category-extremes-affecting-burundi","category-extremes-affecting-central-african-republic","category-extremes-affecting-chad","category-extremes-affecting-congo-the-democratic-republic-of-the","category-extremes-affecting-djibouti","category-extremes-affecting-egypt","category-extremes-affecting-eritrea","category-extremes-affecting-ethiopia","category-extremes-affecting-kenya","category-extremes-affecting-malawi","category-extremes-affecting-niger","category-extremes-affecting-oman","category-extremes-affecting-rwanda","category-extremes-affecting-saudi-arabia","category-extremes-affecting-somalia","category-extremes-affecting-south-sudan","category-extremes-affecting-sudan","category-extremes-affecting-tanzania-united-republic-of","category-extremes-affecting-uganda","category-extremes-affecting-yemen","category-extremes-affecting-zambia","category-heat-waves-affecting-angola","category-heat-waves-affecting-burundi","category-heat-waves-affecting-central-african-republic","category-heat-waves-affecting-chad","category-heat-waves-affecting-congo-the-democratic-republic-of-the","category-heat-waves-affecting-djibouti","category-heat-waves-affecting-egypt","category-heat-waves-affecting-eritrea","category-heat-waves-affecting-ethiopia","category-heat-waves-affecting-kenya","category-heat-waves-affecting-malawi","category-heat-waves-affecting-niger","category-heat-waves-affecting-oman","category-heat-waves-affecting-rwanda","category-heat-waves-affecting-saudi-arabia","category-heat-waves-affecting-somalia","category-heat-waves-affecting-south-sudan","category-heat-waves-affecting-sudan","category-heat-waves-affecting-tanzania-united-republic-of","category-heat-waves-affecting-uganda","category-heat-waves-affecting-yemen","category-heat-waves-affecting-zambia","category-weather-extremes-all-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174621\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}