Extreme climate events and weather-related disasters during this period
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Seasonal mean temperatures were extremely high from eastern part of Central Siberia to the northeastern part of East Asia, in southern China, from the western part of Central Asia to eastern Europe, from the northwestern Middle East to the southwestern part of Northern Africa, from the western part of Middle Africa to Ascension Island, from the central to western part of North America, and in northern Australia.
Seasonal mean temperatures were extremely low on the Atlantic side of Antarctica.
Seasonal precipitation amounts were extremely high from the Pacific side of eastern Japan to western Japan, in central China, in the southeastern part of Central Siberia, in central Mongolia, from southern Ukraine to northern Turkey, in central Europe, in northern Canada, from the northeastern to southern USA, and from northern to western Colombia.
Seasonal precipitation amounts were extremely low from the northwestern part of Eastern Siberia to the southern part of Central Siberia, from Hokkaido region of Japan to the southern part of Eastern Siberia, in and around Western Russia, from southwestern Norway to northern Iceland, in and around the central Mediterranean Sea, and in and around the Midwest USA.
Type
Area
Remarks
1
Wet
The southeastern part of Central Siberia, central Mongolia
2
Dry
From the northwestern part of Eastern Siberia to the southern part of Central Siberia
3
Warm
From eastern part of Central Siberia to the northeastern part of East Asia
4
Dry
From Hokkaido region of Japan to the southern part of Eastern Siberia
5
Wet
From the Pacific side of eastern Japan to western Japan, central China
It was reported that heavy rains from mid to late July caused a total of more than 300 fatalities in central China (the government of China).
6
Warm
Southern China
7
Heavy Rain
In and around South Asia
It was reported that heavy rains from June to August caused a total of more than 1000 fatalities in and around South Asia (the government of India, the government of Pakistan, the government of Nepal, European Commission).
8
Warm
From the western part of Central Asia to eastern Europe
9
Dry
In and around Western Russia
10
Wet
From southern Ukraine to northern Turkey
It was reported that heavy rains in mid-August caused more than 70 fatalities in northern Turkey (the government of Turkey).
11
Wet
Central Europe
It was reported that heavy rains in mid-July caused a total of more than 210 fatalities from Germany to Belgium (European Commission).
12
Dry
From southwestern Norway to northern Iceland
13
Dry
In and around the central Mediterranean Sea
14
Warm
From the northwestern Middle East to the southwestern part of Northern Africa
In southeastern Turkey 49.1 degrees Celsius was recorded at Cizre on 20 July, which is a new national maximum temperature record in Turkey (Turkish State Meteorological Service).
15
Warm
From the western part of Middle Africa to Ascension Island
16
Wet
Northern Canada
17
Warm
From the central to western part of North America
It was reported that heat waves from June to July caused a total of more than 780 fatalities in the western part of North America (the provincial government of British Columbia, the state government of Oergon, the state government of Washington).
The seasonal mean temperature in the contiguous USA in summer (from June to August) was the highest on record for this season since 1895 (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the USA).
The seasonal mean temperatures in the northwestern and the western USA in summer (from June to August) were both the highest on record for this season since 1895 (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the USA).
The seasonal mean temperature in the Northern Rockies and Plains, USA in summer (from June to August) was the third highest on record for this season since 1895 (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the USA).
In western Canada 49.6 degrees Celsius was recorded at Lytton on 29 June, which is a new national maximum temperature record in Canada (Meteorological Service of Canada).
