{"id":363846,"date":"2026-10-29T20:26:58","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T20:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/cold-spell-occuring-from-december-17-2014-to-january-18-2015-at-3-0n-16-0e\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T20:26:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T20:26:58","slug":"cold-spell-occuring-from-december-17-2014-to-january-18-2015-at-3-0n-16-0e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/cold-spell-occuring-from-december-17-2014-to-january-18-2015-at-3-0n-16-0e\/","title":{"rendered":"Cold spell occuring from December 17 2014 to January 18 2015 at 3.0\u00b0N 16.0\u00b0E"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Download data: <a href=\"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014-Dec-17_to_2015-Jan-18_16.0_3.0.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>Algeria<\/li>\n<li>Benin<\/li>\n<li>Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/li>\n<li>Bulgaria<\/li>\n<li>Burkina Faso<\/li>\n<li>Cameroon<\/li>\n<li>Canarias<\/li>\n<li>Central African Republic<\/li>\n<li>Chad<\/li>\n<li>Congo<\/li>\n<li>Congo DRC<\/li>\n<li>Croatia<\/li>\n<li>Cyprus<\/li>\n<li>C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ivoire<\/li>\n<li>Egypt<\/li>\n<li>Eritrea<\/li>\n<li>Ethiopia<\/li>\n<li>France<\/li>\n<li>Gabon<\/li>\n<li>Gambia<\/li>\n<li>Ghana<\/li>\n<li>Greece<\/li>\n<li>Guinea<\/li>\n<li>Guinea-Bissau<\/li>\n<li>Hungary<\/li>\n<li>Iran<\/li>\n<li>Iraq<\/li>\n<li>Israel<\/li>\n<li>Italy<\/li>\n<li>Jordan<\/li>\n<li>Lebanon<\/li>\n<li>Liberia<\/li>\n<li>Libya<\/li>\n<li>Mali<\/li>\n<li>Mauritania<\/li>\n<li>Moldova<\/li>\n<li>Montenegro<\/li>\n<li>Morocco<\/li>\n<li>Niger<\/li>\n<li>Nigeria<\/li>\n<li>North Macedonia<\/li>\n<li>Palestinian Territory<\/li>\n<li>Romania<\/li>\n<li>Russian Federation<\/li>\n<li>Saudi Arabia<\/li>\n<li>Senegal<\/li>\n<li>Serbia<\/li>\n<li>Sierra Leone<\/li>\n<li>Slovenia<\/li>\n<li>South Sudan<\/li>\n<li>Sudan<\/li>\n<li>Syria<\/li>\n<li>Togo<\/li>\n<li>Tunisia<\/li>\n<li>Turkiye<\/li>\n<li>Uganda<\/li>\n<li>Ukraine<\/li>\n<li>Yemen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Duration: 33 days<\/p>\n<p>Time span: December 17 2014 to January 18 2015<\/p>\n<p>Statistics over entire affected area: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mean temperature anomaly: -4.4 \u00b0C<\/li>\n<li>Mean temperature: 12.7 \u00b0C<\/li>\n<li>Minimum temperature anomaly: -22.4 \u00b0C<\/li>\n<li>Minimum temperature: -24.6 \u00b0C<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Event center: 3.0\u00b0N 16.0\u00b0E<\/p>\n<p>Area affected: 21310172 km$^2$<\/p>\n<p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/extreme_weather_anomaly_map_2014-Dec-17_to_2015-Jan-18_16.0_3.0.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_2014-Dec-17_to_2015-Jan-18_16.0_3.0.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_2014-Dec-17_to_2015-Jan-18_16.0_3.0.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_2014-Dec-17_to_2015-Jan-18_16.0_3.0.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_2014-Dec-17_to_2015-Jan-18_16.0_3.0.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_2014-Dec-17_to_2015-Jan-18_16.0_3.0.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_2014-Dec-17_to_2015-Jan-18_16.0_3.0<\/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 Algeria Benin Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Burkina Faso Cameroon Canarias Central African Republic Chad Congo Congo DRC Croatia Cyprus C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ivoire 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