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Seasonal Report on Global Extreme Climate Events -----

Extreme climate events and weather-related disasters during this period

This report and figure are based on climatological normals defined as 30-year mean from 1981 through 2010. Extreme Climate Event

Highlight

  • Seasonal mean temperatures were extremely high from eastern Japan to southeastern China, in the central part of Southeast Asia, in the northwestern part of Southeast Asia, in and around Saudi Arabia, from eastern Europe to the northwestern part of the Middle East, in and around Madagascar, from the central to southern part of South Africa, in and around Alaska, the southeastern USA, From central Mexico to northern Colombia, in and around southern Brazil, and in the southeastern and southwestern parts of Australia.
  • Seasonal precipitation amounts were extremely high in and around the southern part of the Korean Peninsula, in and around central India, from the northern part of Western Russia to southern Finland, from western Europe to the northern part of Northern Africa, in the southern part of Western Africa, and in the northern USA.
  • Seasonal precipitation amounts were extremely low in southeastern China, in the central part of Southeast Asia, from eastern Europe to the northwestern part of the Middle East, in and around southern Brazil, and in Australia.

TypeAreaRemarks
1TyphoonFrom the Pacific side of northern Japan to the Pacific side of eastern Japan
  • Typhoon "HAGIBIS" caused a total of 85 fatalities from the Pacific side of northern Japan to the Pacific side of eastern Japan (Fire and Disaster Management Agency of Japan, as of 12 December 2019).
2WetIn and around the southern part of the Korean Peninsula
3WarmFrom eastern Japan to southeastern China
  • The seasonal mean temperature in Republic of Korea in Autumn (from September to November) was the second highest for this season since 1973 (Korea Meteorological Administration, Republic of Korea).
4DrySoutheastern China
5Warm · DryThe central part of Southeast Asia
6WarmThe northwestern part of Southeast Asia
7WetIn and around central India
  • It was reported that heavy rains in September caused more than 360 fatalities in India (the government of India, European Commission).
8WarmIn and around Saudi Arabia
9Warm · DryFrom eastern Europe to the northwestern part of the Middle East
10WetFrom the northern part of Western Russia to southern Finland
11WetFrom western Europe to the northern part of Northern Africa
12WetThe southern part of Western Africa
13Heavy RainFrom the northern to central part of Eastern Africa
  • It was reported that heavy rains from October to November caused a total of more than 170 fatalities from the northern to central part of Eastern Africa (European Commission, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, UN Country Team in Djibouti).
14WarmIn and around Madagascar
15WarmFrom the central to southern part of South Africa
16WarmIn and around Alaska
17WetThe northern USA
  • The seasonal precipitation amount in the Upper Midwest of the USA in Autumn (from September to November) was the highest for this season since 1895 (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the USA).
18HurricaneFrom the eastern USA to the Bahamas
  • It was reported that Hurricane "DORIAN" caused more than 70 fatalities from the eastern USA to the Bahamas in September (the government of the USA and the Bahamas).
19WarmThe southeastern USA, From central Mexico to northern Colombia
20Warm · DryIn and around southern Brazil
21DryAustralia
  • The seasonal precipitation amount in Australia in Spring (from September to November) was the lowest for this season since 1900 (Bureau of Meteorology, Australia).
22WarmThe southeastern and southwestern parts of Australia
 

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