First wave of winter cold in Brazil

First wave of winter cold in Brazil


The hot June will end with a sharp drop in temperatures in the South, in much of the South-East and Central-West and also in Rondônia and Acre.

The arrival of a strong cold front this weekend, the last of June 2024, promises to cause a sudden drop in temperature in several regions of Brazil, especially in the south.

This will be the first strong temperature drop of winter 2024with intense cold in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, which could even record temperature records between Sunday and next Monday, July 1st.

A the temperature will also drop significantly in Mato Grosso do Sul and Mato Grosso, and the cold air mass can cause cold in the Northreducing the temperature in Acre and Rondônia.




A strong cold front arrives in Brazil on the last weekend of June 2024, ending a long summer

(Art: Climatempo)

Period of intense cold

The period of intense cold will last from June 28 to July 2, 2024, with

highlighting the southern states of Brazil.

TO purple area of ​​the maptemperatures will be very low in this period, with widespread frosts expected between the central-south and east of Paraná up to the south of Rio Grande do Sul. Negative temperatures, up to -8°C it can occur in the higher areas of the Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina mountains. In the south of Mato Grosso do Sul, frosts are also expected during this period.

For dark blue areas on the mapbetween southern Mato Grosso and the eastern part of the state of Sao Paulo, temperatures will be reduced, below normal for this period, which is common when powerful icy air masses advance over the more central regions of Brazil.

In blue areasthe temperature drop will not be that significant, but

between the east of Acre and the south of Espírito Santo, so do the temperatures

will be reduced compared to previous days.

Pause of the hot cycle

This cold front comes to interrupt the cycle of hot days that has been established

Brazil from May 5th to June 24th, especially in the interval

center of the country. During this period, the relative humidity of the air remained

reduced for several days, with some regions recording very low levels, below 20%.

For example, on June 19, the air humidity level reached 14%.

Barretos and Pradópolis, 16% in Ituverava and 19% in São Simão, in the interior of the state of São Paulo, the lowest in the country until 6pm (Brasilia time), according to Inmet.

In Mato Grosso do Sul, 18% was recorded in Chapadão do Sul and 19% in Costa Rica. In Minas Gerais, the air humidity rate reached 14% in Conceição das Alagoas, 17% in Uberlândia and Sacramento and 19% in Campina Verde. In Mato Grosso, in Alto Taquari the figure is 18%. In Piauí, 18% in São João do Piauí.

Historic heat of June 2024

Sao Paulo experienced historic heat on the afternoon of Sunday 16 June 2024,

with a maximum temperature of 28.8°C, equal to that of 8 June,

1992, the highest temperature on a June day in the capital of Sao Paulo at least since then

at least 1961.

The afternoon of Friday 14 June 2024 was the warmest

Porto Alegre for one day in June since at least 1997, with the National Institute of Meteorology (Inmet) recording a maximum temperature of 32.4°C. The normal average maximum temperature in June in the capital of Rio Grande do Sul is 20.3°C, according to Inmet calculations for the period from 1991 to 2020.

On June 25, 2024, the National Institute of Meteorology recorded an impressive temperature of 37.8°C in Cuiabá, an extremely high temperature for a day in June and one of the 10 highest of 2024 so far. This value is probably the highest June temperature in the capital of Mato Grosso since measurements began in 1911.

Source: Terra

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