In February 2025, South America struck an unprecedented thermal wave, which was caused by a stable high pressure region on South Atlantic. Levon Azizyan, director of Hydrometeorology and Monitoring Center, wrote about this on his Facebook page.
Extreme temperatures have had a serious impact on the daily life of the locals. Rio Grande, Brazil, you had to postpone the launch of the academic year due to an anomal heat in the state of Sul. Residents of Rio de Janeiro gathered beaches to look for cool air.
Rio de Janeiro has lived special hot hot. The meteorological station in the Garatatiba region has recorded a record 44 ° C since the introduction of the city's climate alarm system ten years ago. The Brazilian National Institute of Meteorology also noted several other municipalities in Rio de Janeiro, where the temperature exceeded 40 ° C.
The situation in neighboring Argentina has developed no less sharply. Due to extreme temperatures, the six states have been declared a red level of danger. The heat channel continued in the region throughout the week, before the temperature began in Brazil.
