{"id":418737,"date":"2026-10-30T20:26:54","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T20:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/cold-spell-occuring-from-december-29-2016-to-january-19-2017-at-31-0n-16-5e\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T20:26:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T20:26:54","slug":"cold-spell-occuring-from-december-29-2016-to-january-19-2017-at-31-0n-16-5e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/cold-spell-occuring-from-december-29-2016-to-january-19-2017-at-31-0n-16-5e\/","title":{"rendered":"Cold spell occuring from December 29 2016 to January 19 2017 at 31.0\u00b0N 16.5\u00b0E"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Download data: <a href=\"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016-Dec-29_to_2017-Jan-19_16.5_31.0.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>Austria<\/li>\n<li>Belarus<\/li>\n<li>Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/li>\n<li>Bulgaria<\/li>\n<li>Chad<\/li>\n<li>Croatia<\/li>\n<li>Czech Republic<\/li>\n<li>Egypt<\/li>\n<li>Estonia<\/li>\n<li>Finland<\/li>\n<li>France<\/li>\n<li>Greece<\/li>\n<li>Hungary<\/li>\n<li>Italy<\/li>\n<li>Latvia<\/li>\n<li>Libya<\/li>\n<li>Lithuania<\/li>\n<li>Moldova<\/li>\n<li>Montenegro<\/li>\n<li>Niger<\/li>\n<li>North Macedonia<\/li>\n<li>Norway<\/li>\n<li>Poland<\/li>\n<li>Romania<\/li>\n<li>Russian Federation<\/li>\n<li>Serbia<\/li>\n<li>Slovakia<\/li>\n<li>Slovenia<\/li>\n<li>Sudan<\/li>\n<li>Tunisia<\/li>\n<li>Turkiye<\/li>\n<li>Ukraine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Duration: 22 days<\/p>\n<p>Time span: December 29 2016 to January 19 2017<\/p>\n<p>Statistics over entire affected area: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mean temperature anomaly: -10.4 \u00b0C<\/li>\n<li>Mean temperature: -10.3 \u00b0C<\/li>\n<li>Minimum temperature anomaly: -30.3 \u00b0C<\/li>\n<li>Minimum temperature: -49.6 \u00b0C<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Event center: 31.0\u00b0N 16.5\u00b0E<\/p>\n<p>Area affected: 9710798 km$^2$<\/p>\n<p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wexa.jamstec.go.jp\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/extreme_weather_anomaly_map_2016-Dec-29_to_2017-Jan-19_16.5_31.0.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_2016-Dec-29_to_2017-Jan-19_16.5_31.0.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_2016-Dec-29_to_2017-Jan-19_16.5_31.0.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_2016-Dec-29_to_2017-Jan-19_16.5_31.0.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_2016-Dec-29_to_2017-Jan-19_16.5_31.0.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_2016-Dec-29_to_2017-Jan-19_16.5_31.0.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_2016-Dec-29_to_2017-Jan-19_16.5_31.0<\/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 Austria Belarus Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Chad Croatia Czech Republic Egypt Estonia Finland France Greece Hungary Italy Latvia Libya Lithuania Moldova Montenegro Niger North Macedonia Norway Poland Romania Russian Federation Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Sudan Tunisia &hellip; 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