Figure 7: Maps of the hottest 5-day period at the time of writing: (a) 5-day mean of daily maximum temperatures (March 18th-22nd); (b) Estimated return period of similarly high temperatures in March; (c) Estimated change in temperature of the hottest 5-day period in March due to 1.3°C of human-caused warming. All estimates are based on a statistical model fitting independently to the data in each grid cell (ERA5). The study region is outlined in dark blue.

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