Extreme Climate Hazards
Extreme Climate Hazards: a model series designed to help organizations better understand climate risks, regardless of location. With global coverage and risk intelligence delivered through scoring, it enables more effective assessment of resilience, planning, and risk management challenges.
The models are based on established scientific methods in climatology, including extreme value analysis, return period estimation, IDF (Intensity-Duration-Frequency) curves, WASP drought indexing, and synthetic cyclone track modeling. These approaches transform historical and projected climate data into consistent, geolocated hazard scores that support informed 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
Geographic coverage of the Extreme Climate Hazards series is global, with modeling performed on a grid at a 10 km resolution.
Select the technological solutions to access Extreme Climate Hazards
Geosapiens’ extreme climate hazards models are available through subscription across a range of products:
