Severe cold snap freezes rivers in Santa Cruz, Argentina
Image credit: Copernicus EU/Sentinel-2, The Watchers. Acquired on July 7, 2024
A severe cold snap has been affecting most of Argentina, including the capital Buenos Aires, since Saturday, July 6, 2024, with Patagonia becoming one of the coldest regions of the world. Argentina’s National Meteorological Service issued an Orange alert for regions surrounding the county’s capital and Yellow alerts for most other provinces.
- Argentine Patagonia became one of the coldest regions in the world last week when temperatures in some locations dropped below levels registered in Antarctica.
- The cold snap is expected to last until July 12.
Most of Argentina has been going through an intense cold snap since Saturday, July 6, with temperatures in some locations of Patagonia dropping below levels registered in Antarctica.
According to the National Meteorological Service (SMN), the temperature dropped to 0 °C (32 °F) in the capital Buenos Aires during the early hours of July 6, and the minimum temperature was expected to hover around that mark throughout the week.
In the province of Santa Cruz, Argentine Patagonia, temperatures plunged to -25 °C (-13 °F), freezing rivers:
A severe cold snap has frozen rivers in Santa Cruz, Argentine Patagonia, with temperatures plunging to -25°C. This is Argentina's coldest winter since 1907. The Argentine Army captured striking images of the freeze, shared by journalist Leandro Vesco from La Nación. pic.twitter.com/zFcmDOmy6a
— Volcaholic (@volcaholic1) July 6, 2024
SMN meteorologists shared a video of the surface of a pool in Macachin, La Pampa province, frozen due to the extreme cold. The town saw over 10 straight hours of temperatures below -5 °C (23 °F):
¡Se congeló la pile!
— SMN Argentina (@SMN_Argentina) July 5, 2024
Estas imágenes llegan desdeMacachÃn, La Pampa. La zona tuvo más de 10 horas consecutivas de temperaturas bajo cero y los valores fueron inferiores a -5 °C
El frÃo extremo continuará varios dÃas más
@jessiblas0384
https://t.co/HR4LGtOd3P pic.twitter.com/FH02SxGI0N
In the Tierra del Fuego provincial hamlet of San Sebastián, the sea froze after temperatures dipped to -12 °C (10 °F).
8 JUL #Alertas para hoy:
— SMN Argentina (@SMN_Argentina) July 8, 2024
Temperaturas extremas: #frÃo
Efecto alto a extremo en la salud
Efecto moderado a alto en la salud
Efecto leve a moderado en la salud
#Viento
50-70 km/h con ráfagas ≥ 90 km/h
Más info en https://t.co/GRjfngFWuF pic.twitter.com/PXmysB6ltS
Areas surrounding the city of Buenos Aires are under an Orange alert, the second most dangerous kind, meaning the health effects of the temperature can be moderate to high.
Several cities in the metropolitan Buenos Aires area had temperatures of -5 °C (23 °F) in the early hours of July 6.
References:
1 Extreme cold in Argentina continues and is expected to last throughout the week – Buenos Aires Herald-July 6, 2024
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The American liberal-slanted news media ignores all of these record breaking cold temperatures in favor of so called record-breaking “hot weather”!
It’s the result of a polar vortex. The cold, dry air that should be over Antarctica (which is melting), has momentarily parked over Patagonia. The “Hot weather” around the world – not just America – is not a conspiracy. It’s not “liberal-slanted” – it’s “science-slanted”. This is a science-based website. Our “so called record-breaking” heat waves have serious consequences.