This is a static historical dataset for global land areas capturing the near-historical risk from extreme heat anomalies over a 30 year period using the daily mean heat index.
The Extreme Heat - Historical Risk, Anomaly product provides valuable insights into the frequency of extreme heat observations across the globe in a 30-year time period from 1992-2021. This product seek to identify global areas where heat conditions may have presented risks to human health, agriculture, water resources, and wildlife.
The product's extreme_heat_anomaly_frequency
field detects locations experiencing moderately high
temperatures that were concurrently above the normal conditions for that area. It considers regional
acclimatization and ensures an absolute baseline for classifying extreme heat events.