{"id":218399,"date":"2026-06-29T23:46:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T23:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/cold-spell-occuring-from-march-16-2021-to-april-05-2021-at-11-5n-11-0e\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T23:46:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T23:46:52","slug":"cold-spell-occuring-from-march-16-2021-to-april-05-2021-at-11-5n-11-0e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/cold-spell-occuring-from-march-16-2021-to-april-05-2021-at-11-5n-11-0e\/","title":{"rendered":"Cold spell occuring from March 16 2021 to April 05 2021 at 11.5\u00b0N 11.0\u00b0E"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Download data: <a href=\"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021-Mar-16_to_2021-Apr-05_11.0_11.5.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>Algeria<\/li>\n<li>Andorra<\/li>\n<li>Austria<\/li>\n<li>Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/li>\n<li>Bulgaria<\/li>\n<li>Burkina Faso<\/li>\n<li>Cameroon<\/li>\n<li>Chad<\/li>\n<li>Croatia<\/li>\n<li>Cyprus<\/li>\n<li>Czech Republic<\/li>\n<li>Egypt<\/li>\n<li>France<\/li>\n<li>Germany<\/li>\n<li>Greece<\/li>\n<li>Hungary<\/li>\n<li>Italy<\/li>\n<li>Libya<\/li>\n<li>Mali<\/li>\n<li>Morocco<\/li>\n<li>Niger<\/li>\n<li>Nigeria<\/li>\n<li>North Macedonia<\/li>\n<li>Serbia<\/li>\n<li>Slovakia<\/li>\n<li>Slovenia<\/li>\n<li>South Sudan<\/li>\n<li>Spain<\/li>\n<li>Sudan<\/li>\n<li>Switzerland<\/li>\n<li>Tunisia<\/li>\n<li>Turkiye<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Duration: 21 days<\/p>\n<p>Time span: March 16 2021 to April 05 2021<\/p>\n<p>Statistics over entire affected area: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mean temperature anomaly: -5.0 \u00b0C<\/li>\n<li>Mean temperature: 16.7 \u00b0C<\/li>\n<li>Minimum temperature anomaly: -11.7 \u00b0C<\/li>\n<li>Minimum temperature: -15.2 \u00b0C<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Event center: 11.5\u00b0N 11.0\u00b0E<\/p>\n<p>Area affected: 11531590 km$^2$<\/p>\n<p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/extreme_weather_anomaly_map_2021-Mar-16_to_2021-Apr-05_11.0_11.5.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_2021-Mar-16_to_2021-Apr-05_11.0_11.5.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_2021-Mar-16_to_2021-Apr-05_11.0_11.5.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_2021-Mar-16_to_2021-Apr-05_11.0_11.5.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_2021-Mar-16_to_2021-Apr-05_11.0_11.5.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_2021-Mar-16_to_2021-Apr-05_11.0_11.5.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: Cold_spell_2021-Mar-16_to_2021-Apr-05_11.0_11.5<\/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 Algeria Andorra Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Egypt France Germany Greece Hungary Italy Libya Mali Morocco Niger Nigeria North Macedonia Serbia Slovakia Slovenia South Sudan Spain Sudan Switzerland &hellip; 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