{"id":317780,"date":"2026-10-28T18:01:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T18:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/heat-wave-occuring-from-december-08-2012-to-january-17-2013-at-15-0n-267-5e\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T18:01:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T18:01:26","slug":"heat-wave-occuring-from-december-08-2012-to-january-17-2013-at-15-0n-267-5e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/heat-wave-occuring-from-december-08-2012-to-january-17-2013-at-15-0n-267-5e\/","title":{"rendered":"Heat wave occuring from December 08 2012 to January 17 2013 at 15.0\u00b0N 267.5\u00b0E"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Download data: <a href=\"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012-Dec-08_to_2013-Jan-17_267.5_15.0.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>Aruba<\/li>\n<li>Bahamas<\/li>\n<li>Belize<\/li>\n<li>Canada<\/li>\n<li>Colombia<\/li>\n<li>Costa Rica<\/li>\n<li>Cuba<\/li>\n<li>Dominican Republic<\/li>\n<li>El Salvador<\/li>\n<li>Guatemala<\/li>\n<li>Guyana<\/li>\n<li>Honduras<\/li>\n<li>Jamaica<\/li>\n<li>Mexico<\/li>\n<li>Nicaragua<\/li>\n<li>Panama<\/li>\n<li>Puerto Rico<\/li>\n<li>United States<\/li>\n<li>Venezuela<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Duration: 41 days<\/p>\n<p>Time span: December 08 2012 to January 17 2013<\/p>\n<p>Statistics over entire affected area: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mean temperature anomaly: 3.5 \u00b0C<\/li>\n<li>Mean temperature: 23.3 \u00b0C<\/li>\n<li>Maximum temperature anomaly: 21.7 \u00b0C<\/li>\n<li>Maximum temperature: 32.0 \u00b0C<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Event center: 15.0\u00b0N 267.5\u00b0E<\/p>\n<p>Area affected: 10753067 km$^2$<\/p>\n<p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/extreme_weather_anomaly_map_2012-Dec-08_to_2013-Jan-17_267.5_15.0.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_2012-Dec-08_to_2013-Jan-17_267.5_15.0.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_2012-Dec-08_to_2013-Jan-17_267.5_15.0.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_2012-Dec-08_to_2013-Jan-17_267.5_15.0.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_2012-Dec-08_to_2013-Jan-17_267.5_15.0.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_2012-Dec-08_to_2013-Jan-17_267.5_15.0.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_2012-Dec-08_to_2013-Jan-17_267.5_15.0<\/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): Aruba Bahamas Belize Canada Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic El Salvador Guatemala Guyana Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Puerto Rico United States Venezuela Duration: 41 days Time span: December 08 2012 to January 17 2013 Statistics &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/heat-wave-occuring-from-december-08-2012-to-january-17-2013-at-15-0n-267-5e\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Heat wave occuring from December 08 2012 to January 17 2013 at 15.0\u00b0N 267.5\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":[2256,2400,2258,1248,2260,2425,2262,2278,2264,2266,2321,2268,2270,1852,2272,2274,2412,1250,2323,2257,2434,2259,1946,2261,2426,2263,2279,2265,2267,2322,2269,2271,2161,2273,2275,2413,1881,2324,744],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-317780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-extremes-affecting-aruba","category-extremes-affecting-bahamas","category-extremes-affecting-belize","category-extremes-affecting-canada","category-extremes-affecting-colombia","category-extremes-affecting-costa-rica","category-extremes-affecting-cuba","category-extremes-affecting-dominican-republic","category-extremes-affecting-el-salvador","category-extremes-affecting-guatemala","category-extremes-affecting-guyana","category-extremes-affecting-honduras","category-extremes-affecting-jamaica","category-extremes-affecting-mexico","category-extremes-affecting-nicaragua","category-extremes-affecting-panama","category-extremes-affecting-puerto-rico","category-extremes-affecting-united-states","category-extremes-affecting-venezuela-bolivarian-republic-of","category-heat-waves-affecting-aruba","category-heat-waves-affecting-bahamas","category-heat-waves-affecting-belize","category-heat-waves-affecting-canada","category-heat-waves-affecting-colombia","category-heat-waves-affecting-costa-rica","category-heat-waves-affecting-cuba","category-heat-waves-affecting-dominican-republic","category-heat-waves-affecting-el-salvador","category-heat-waves-affecting-guatemala","category-heat-waves-affecting-guyana","category-heat-waves-affecting-honduras","category-heat-waves-affecting-jamaica","category-heat-waves-affecting-mexico","category-heat-waves-affecting-nicaragua","category-heat-waves-affecting-panama","category-heat-waves-affecting-puerto-rico","category-heat-waves-affecting-united-states","category-heat-waves-affecting-venezuela-bolivarian-republic-of","category-weather-extremes-all-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317780","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=317780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317780\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}