Extreme Climate Hazards

Extreme Climate Hazards is a suite of risk models designed to help organizations better understand climate-related risks worldwide. Powered by global hazard intelligence and delivered through intuitive risk scores, it enables more informed resilience planning, risk assessment, and decision-making.

This Extreme Climate Hazards series is the ideal complement to Geosapiens’ other climate risk models, particularly floods, wildfires, and hail, providing the most comprehensive and contextualized view of risks for any location.

Models in the Extreme Climate Hazards series:

Extreme Heat

Hazard based on annual maximum temperature

Extreme Cold

Hazard based on annual minimum temperature

Heatwave

Defined by minimum temperature thresholds sustained over three consecutive days

Cold wave

Defined by maximum temperature thresholds sustained over three consecutive days

Precipitation Extreme

Based on Intensity–Duration–Frequency (IDF) curves

Snow Extreme

Based on annual maximum snow water equivalent

Drought

Calculated using the Weighted Anomaly of Standardized Precipitation (WASP) index

Wind Extreme

Based on annual maximum wind speed

Cyclone

Based on maximum wind speeds derived from STORM synthetic cyclone tracks

Geographic coverage

The Extreme Climate Hazards series offers global coverage, with all hazards modeled on a 10 km resolution grid to provide consistent and reliable risk intelligence worldwide.

This Extreme Climate Hazards series seamlessly complements Geosapiens’ flood, wildfire, and hail risk models, delivering the most comprehensive and contextualized view of climate risks for any location.