Fig. 1.
Extreme Siberian heat of 2020. a ERA5 near-surface temperature (T2m) anomalies (with respect to 1981–2010) [°C] for January–June 2020. The region used in the study (black box) 60°N–75°N, 60°E–180°E saw an anomaly of +4.5C w.r.t. 1981–2010. The location of Verkhoyansk is also shown. b Daily maximum temperature (TX) observations [°C] from January to June 2020 at station Verkhoyansk with positive and negative departures from the 1981–2010 climatological mean shaded red and blue, respectively. TX peaks at 38 °C on the 20th of June