{"id":206792,"date":"2026-05-22T02:03:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T02:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/heat-wave-occuring-from-february-19-2026-to-april-29-2026-at-24-0s-9-0e\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T02:03:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T02:03:02","slug":"heat-wave-occuring-from-february-19-2026-to-april-29-2026-at-24-0s-9-0e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/heat-wave-occuring-from-february-19-2026-to-april-29-2026-at-24-0s-9-0e\/","title":{"rendered":"Heat wave occuring from February 19 2026 to April 29 2026 at -24.0\u00b0S 9.0\u00b0E"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Download data: <a href=\"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-Feb-19_to_2026-Apr-29_9.0_-24.0.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>Antarctica<\/li>\n<li>Benin<\/li>\n<li>Cameroon<\/li>\n<li>Congo<\/li>\n<li>Congo DRC<\/li>\n<li>Equatorial Guinea<\/li>\n<li>Eswatini<\/li>\n<li>French Southern Territories<\/li>\n<li>Gabon<\/li>\n<li>Ghana<\/li>\n<li>Lesotho<\/li>\n<li>Madagascar<\/li>\n<li>Malawi<\/li>\n<li>Mauritius<\/li>\n<li>Mozambique<\/li>\n<li>Namibia<\/li>\n<li>Nigeria<\/li>\n<li>South Africa<\/li>\n<li>Zambia<\/li>\n<li>Zimbabwe<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Duration: 70 days<\/p>\n<p>Time span: February 19 2026 to April 29 2026<\/p>\n<p>Statistics over entire affected area: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mean temperature anomaly: 3.7 \u00b0C<\/li>\n<li>Mean temperature: 11.3 \u00b0C<\/li>\n<li>Maximum temperature anomaly: 22.4 \u00b0C<\/li>\n<li>Maximum temperature: 34.8 \u00b0C<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Event center: -24.0\u00b0S 9.0\u00b0E<\/p>\n<p>Area affected: 37900007 km$^2$<\/p>\n<p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/extreme_weather_anomaly_map_2026-Feb-19_to_2026-Apr-29_9.0_-24.0.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_2026-Feb-19_to_2026-Apr-29_9.0_-24.0.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_2026-Feb-19_to_2026-Apr-29_9.0_-24.0.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_2026-Feb-19_to_2026-Apr-29_9.0_-24.0.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_2026-Feb-19_to_2026-Apr-29_9.0_-24.0.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_2026-Feb-19_to_2026-Apr-29_9.0_-24.0.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: Heat_wave_2026-Feb-19_to_2026-Apr-29_9.0_-24.0<\/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 Antarctica Benin Cameroon Congo Congo DRC Equatorial Guinea Eswatini French Southern Territories Gabon Ghana Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Nigeria South Africa Zambia Zimbabwe Duration: 70 days Time span: February 19 2026 to April 29 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/heat-wave-occuring-from-february-19-2026-to-april-29-2026-at-24-0s-9-0e\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Heat wave occuring from February 19 2026 to April 29 2026 at -24.0\u00b0S 9.0\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":[2235,1124,2038,2162,2525,2402,2228,2119,2237,2293,2393,1974,2110,2415,2145,2251,2044,2127,2199,2147,2236,1837,2039,2314,2526,2403,2427,2234,2238,2317,2394,1975,2111,2466,2242,2276,2045,2277,2200,2284,744],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-206792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-extremes-affecting-angola","category-extremes-affecting-antarctica","category-extremes-affecting-benin","category-extremes-affecting-cameroon","category-extremes-affecting-congo-drc","category-extremes-affecting-equatorial-guinea","category-extremes-affecting-eswatini","category-extremes-affecting-french-southern-territories","category-extremes-affecting-gabon","category-extremes-affecting-ghana","category-extremes-affecting-lesotho","category-extremes-affecting-madagascar","category-extremes-affecting-malawi","category-extremes-affecting-mauritius","category-extremes-affecting-mozambique","category-extremes-affecting-namibia","category-extremes-affecting-nigeria","category-extremes-affecting-south-africa","category-extremes-affecting-zambia","category-extremes-affecting-zimbabwe","category-heat-waves-affecting-angola","category-heat-waves-affecting-antarctica","category-heat-waves-affecting-benin","category-heat-waves-affecting-cameroon","category-heat-waves-affecting-congo-drc","category-heat-waves-affecting-equatorial-guinea","category-heat-waves-affecting-eswatini","category-heat-waves-affecting-french-southern-territories","category-heat-waves-affecting-gabon","category-heat-waves-affecting-ghana","category-heat-waves-affecting-lesotho","category-heat-waves-affecting-madagascar","category-heat-waves-affecting-malawi","category-heat-waves-affecting-mauritius","category-heat-waves-affecting-mozambique","category-heat-waves-affecting-namibia","category-heat-waves-affecting-nigeria","category-heat-waves-affecting-south-africa","category-heat-waves-affecting-zambia","category-heat-waves-affecting-zimbabwe","category-weather-extremes-all-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206792","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=206792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206792\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}