{"id":218549,"date":"2026-06-29T23:59:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T23:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/heat-wave-occuring-from-march-23-2021-to-april-05-2021-at-35-5n-0-5e\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T23:59:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T23:59:07","slug":"heat-wave-occuring-from-march-23-2021-to-april-05-2021-at-35-5n-0-5e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/heat-wave-occuring-from-march-23-2021-to-april-05-2021-at-35-5n-0-5e\/","title":{"rendered":"Heat wave occuring from March 23 2021 to April 05 2021 at 35.5\u00b0N 0.5\u00b0E"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Download data: <a href=\"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021-Mar-23_to_2021-Apr-05_0.5_35.5.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>Algeria<\/li>\n<li>Andorra<\/li>\n<li>Austria<\/li>\n<li>Belarus<\/li>\n<li>Belgium<\/li>\n<li>Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/li>\n<li>Canarias<\/li>\n<li>Croatia<\/li>\n<li>Czech Republic<\/li>\n<li>Denmark<\/li>\n<li>France<\/li>\n<li>Germany<\/li>\n<li>Hungary<\/li>\n<li>Ireland<\/li>\n<li>Italy<\/li>\n<li>Luxembourg<\/li>\n<li>Morocco<\/li>\n<li>Netherlands<\/li>\n<li>Norway<\/li>\n<li>Poland<\/li>\n<li>Portugal<\/li>\n<li>Slovakia<\/li>\n<li>Slovenia<\/li>\n<li>Spain<\/li>\n<li>Sweden<\/li>\n<li>Switzerland<\/li>\n<li>United Kingdom<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Duration: 14 days<\/p>\n<p>Time span: March 23 2021 to April 05 2021<\/p>\n<p>Statistics over entire affected area: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mean temperature anomaly: 4.3 \u00b0C<\/li>\n<li>Mean temperature: 14.0 \u00b0C<\/li>\n<li>Maximum temperature anomaly: 10.3 \u00b0C<\/li>\n<li>Maximum temperature: 26.6 \u00b0C<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Event center: 35.5\u00b0N 0.5\u00b0E<\/p>\n<p>Area affected: 4432228 km$^2$<\/p>\n<p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/extreme_weather_anomaly_map_2021-Mar-23_to_2021-Apr-05_0.5_35.5.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-23_to_2021-Apr-05_0.5_35.5.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-23_to_2021-Apr-05_0.5_35.5.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-23_to_2021-Apr-05_0.5_35.5.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-23_to_2021-Apr-05_0.5_35.5.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-23_to_2021-Apr-05_0.5_35.5.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_2021-Mar-23_to_2021-Apr-05_0.5_35.5<\/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): Algeria Andorra Austria Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Canarias Croatia Czech Republic Denmark France Germany Hungary Ireland Italy Luxembourg Morocco Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom Duration: 14 days Time span: March &hellip; 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