Argentina melts in late-summer heat wave as records tumble

[MilHojas]

Argentina melts in late-summer heat wave as records tumble

Argentina is being hit by a blistering late-summer heat wave, with many places setting record temperatures for March, while residents, tourists and crops swelter in the sun.

www.reuters.com

 

[Aztangogirl]

It's called climate change.

 

[FrankPintor]

It's called climate change.

I don’t think so, not directly at least. While climate change and global warming are going on in the background, the immediate cause of the 3 year drought and hot dry summers seems to have been La Niña, which normally comes every few years but now lasted for 3 years running. It should be coming to an end about now.

If I’m right, winter will be cold and wet, unlike the last 3 years.

 

[FrankPintor]

Extreme heat and drought: Argentina suffers its most scorching summer on record

Argentina is enduring this year's hottest summer on record, with record temperatures and lack of rainfall damaging agriculture and keeping the country under a weather alert.

www.batimes.com.ar

"It's difficult for now to attribute everything to climate change"

 

[steveinbsas]

Extreme heat and drought: Argentina suffers its most scorching summer on record

Argentina is enduring this year's hottest summer on record, with record temperatures and lack of rainfall damaging agriculture and keeping the country under a weather alert.

www.batimes.com.ar

"It's difficult for now to attribute everything to climate change"

There are two things (both of which apply here) that are as certain as death and taxes.

The weather will change.

History will repeat itself.

Ola de calor: hace 62 años, Buenos Aires vivía el día de mayor temperatura en la historia

Fue en el verano de 1957. El termómetro marcó 43,3. No se medía la sensación térmica. Hubo once muertos por insolación.

www.clarin.com

PS: Has it hit 43.3 yet or are we still waiting for the single day record to fall?

 

[pavelgalkin]

Just a few more days and it will start getting less hot. This summer was too hot for me. Curious about how the winter is going to be. People say that despite the lack of snow in BA and temperature above 0C it feels colder. Probably because of high humidity?