extreme #2634.0 April 27 2024 to April 27 2024 HEAT WAVE


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Event type: Heat wave

Countries affected: China, Viet Nam

Lifetime: April 27 2024 to April 27 2024

Mean temperature anomaly: 6.0 C

Mean temperature: 28.7 C

Maximum temperature anomaly: 6.3 C

Maximum temperature: 29.9 C


Fig. 1: Map of temperature anomalies (standardized). The green star indicates the center of the extreme event.

Fig. 2: Evolution of temperature at the center of the event. The climatological percentile distribution is illustrated with color shadings for the folloging limits: 0, 10, 25, 50, 75 and 100 %.