It's Midwinter In South America, And It's 86F In Buenos Aires, 101F In Central Chile

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EDIT

August in the Southern Hemisphere is equivalent to February in the Northern Hemisphere. It shouldn’t be hot, let alone scorching. Weather historian Thierry Goose tweeted that this was an “extraordinary winter heatwave” for Chile as the temperature climbed to 101.7 degrees (38.7 Celsius), a national record for August.

Vicuña and Chiguinto in the central part of Chile, about 230 and 320 miles north of Santiago, respectively, both reached that mark Tuesday. Temperatures in the afternoon reached 4o to 45 degrees above normal (22 to 25 Celsius) for the date, and in some cases a bit more. Overnight lows have been exceptionally warm as well, ranging from above freezing in the mountains to as high as the 70s (mid-20s Celsius) in lower elevations.

Many locations in Argentina also saw highs of 86 to 95 degrees (30 to 35 Celsius). Buenos Aires set a daily record for the start of August, with its high of 86.2 degrees (30.1 Celsius), which was more than 9 degrees (5 Celsius) above the previous daily record and nearly twice as warm as it normally is on the date. The thermometer rose to 98 degrees (37.2 Celsius) in the coastal city of Rivadavia.

The current heat spell will peak over the next few days. It began in late July, bringing record temperatures as high as 98.6 degrees (37 Celsius) to Paraguay earlier in the week.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/08/02/southamerica-record-winter-heat-argentina-chile/

[orthoclad]

1. Heat forecast

for southern South America. All of this map is below the equator. It's ALL winter.
Maximum forecast temp in F: 101.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=&w=1200

[hedda_foil]

2. This is utterly terrifying.

Flip the scenario and imagine if this were the US and Canada in early February.

[2naSalit]

3. Perhaps...

This winter we'll see for ourselves.

[OKIsItJustMe]

5. This past (North Hemisphere) Winter was freakishly warm.

I wanted to scream each time I heard how nice the weather was…

[2naSalit]

7. Same here.

Seems like most everyone wants the weather to be tropical paradise and don't make any connections as to why it can't be a good thing. I think that's partly due to them not knowing where their food comes from.

[hatrack]

10. Cue the photos of kids in fountains/people at the beach/ice cream vendors

[rubbersole]

4. We. Are. Fucked.

This isn't fixable.

[2naSalit]

8. +1

[OKIsItJustMe]

6. Look for the difference between Summer and Winter in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres

[2naSalit]

9. +1