Heatmap
Temperature Calendar Heatmap
Light theme heatmap showing daily temperatures over months
Output
Python
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
from matplotlib.colors import LinearSegmentedColormap
from matplotlib.patches import FancyBboxPatch
fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(16, 6), facecolor='#ffffff')
ax.set_facecolor('#ffffff')
np.random.seed(42)
days = ['Mon', 'Tue', 'Wed', 'Thu', 'Fri', 'Sat', 'Sun']
weeks = [f'W{i+1}' for i in range(26)]
data = 15 + 15 * np.sin(np.linspace(0, np.pi, 26)) + np.random.randn(7, 26) * 3
colors = ['#1e40af', '#60a5fa', '#334155', '#fb923c', '#dc2626']
cmap = LinearSegmentedColormap.from_list('calendar', colors, N=256)
cell_w, cell_h = 0.92, 0.82
for i in range(len(days)):
for j in range(len(weeks)):
val = data[i, j]
rect = FancyBboxPatch((j - cell_w/2, i - cell_h/2), cell_w, cell_h,
boxstyle="round,pad=0.01,rounding_size=0.08",
facecolor=cmap((val+5)/40), edgecolor='#e2e8f0', linewidth=0.5)
ax.add_patch(rect)
ax.set_xlim(-0.5, len(weeks)-0.5)
ax.set_ylim(-0.5, len(days)-0.5)
ax.set_aspect('equal')
ax.invert_yaxis()
ax.set_xticks(range(0, len(weeks), 4))
ax.set_yticks(range(len(days)))
ax.set_xticklabels([weeks[i] for i in range(0, len(weeks), 4)], color='#64748b', fontsize=9, fontweight='500')
ax.set_yticklabels(days, color='#1e293b', fontsize=10, fontweight='500')
sm = plt.cm.ScalarMappable(cmap=cmap, norm=plt.Normalize(-5, 35))
cbar = plt.colorbar(sm, ax=ax, shrink=0.8, orientation='horizontal', pad=0.15)
cbar.set_label('Temperature (°C)', color='#1e293b', fontsize=11)
cbar.outline.set_edgecolor('#e2e8f0')
plt.setp(plt.getp(cbar.ax.axes, 'xticklabels'), color='#64748b')
for spine in ax.spines.values(): spine.set_visible(False)
ax.tick_params(length=0)
ax.set_title('Annual Temperature Calendar', fontsize=18, color='#1e293b', fontweight='bold', pad=20)
plt.tight_layout()
plt.show()
Library
Matplotlib
Category
Heatmaps & Density
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