{"id":197101,"date":"2026-04-09T13:09:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T13:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/cold-spell-occuring-from-february-16-2025-to-march-04-2025-at-43-0n-48-0e\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T13:09:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T13:09:13","slug":"cold-spell-occuring-from-february-16-2025-to-march-04-2025-at-43-0n-48-0e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/cold-spell-occuring-from-february-16-2025-to-march-04-2025-at-43-0n-48-0e\/","title":{"rendered":"Cold spell occuring from February 16 2025 to March 04 2025 at 43.0\u00b0N 48.0\u00b0E"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Download data: <a href=\"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025-Feb-16_to_2025-Mar-04_48.0_43.0.json\">JSON<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Event type: Cold spell<\/p>\n<p>Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Albania<\/li>\n<li>Armenia<\/li>\n<li>Azerbaijan<\/li>\n<li>Bahrain<\/li>\n<li>Bulgaria<\/li>\n<li>Cyprus<\/li>\n<li>Egypt<\/li>\n<li>Georgia<\/li>\n<li>Greece<\/li>\n<li>Hungary<\/li>\n<li>Iran, Islamic Republic of<\/li>\n<li>Iraq<\/li>\n<li>Israel<\/li>\n<li>Jordan<\/li>\n<li>Kazakhstan<\/li>\n<li>Kuwait<\/li>\n<li>Lebanon<\/li>\n<li>Libya<\/li>\n<li>Moldova, Republic of<\/li>\n<li>Montenegro<\/li>\n<li>North Macedonia<\/li>\n<li>Qatar<\/li>\n<li>Romania<\/li>\n<li>Russian Federation<\/li>\n<li>Saudi Arabia<\/li>\n<li>Serbia<\/li>\n<li>Slovakia<\/li>\n<li>Syrian Arab Republic<\/li>\n<li>Turkmenistan<\/li>\n<li>T\u00fcrkiye<\/li>\n<li>Ukraine<\/li>\n<li>United Arab Emirates<\/li>\n<li>Uzbekistan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Duration: 17 days<\/p>\n<p>Time span: February 16 2025 to March 04 2025<\/p>\n<p>Statistics over entire affected area: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mean temperature anomaly: -6.8 \u00b0C<\/li>\n<li>Mean temperature: 0.8 \u00b0C<\/li>\n<li>Minimum temperature anomaly: -19.9 \u00b0C<\/li>\n<li>Minimum temperature: -21.0 \u00b0C<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Event center: 43.0\u00b0N 48.0\u00b0E<\/p>\n<p>Area affected: 7275702 km$^2$<\/p>\n<p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/extreme_weather_anomaly_map_2025-Feb-16_to_2025-Mar-04_48.0_43.0.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_2025-Feb-16_to_2025-Mar-04_48.0_43.0.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_2025-Feb-16_to_2025-Mar-04_48.0_43.0.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_2025-Feb-16_to_2025-Mar-04_48.0_43.0.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_2025-Feb-16_to_2025-Mar-04_48.0_43.0.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_2025-Feb-16_to_2025-Mar-04_48.0_43.0.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: Cold_spell_2025-Feb-16_to_2025-Mar-04_48.0_43.0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download data: JSON Event type: Cold spell Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference): Albania Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bulgaria Cyprus Egypt Georgia Greece Hungary Iran, Islamic Republic of Iraq Israel Jordan Kazakhstan Kuwait Lebanon Libya Moldova, Republic of Montenegro North Macedonia Qatar Romania Russian Federation Saudi Arabia Serbia Slovakia Syrian Arab &hellip; 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