User:Howardrford/South America

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The following table lists records of extreme temperature in territories of South America.


Territory Lowest Temperature Highest Temperature
T°C Place Date T°C Place Date
South America -39.0 Valle de Los Patos Superior Flag of Argentina Argentina 17 July 1972 49.1 Villa de María del Río Seco Flag of Argentina Argentina 2 January 1920
Flag of Argentina Argentina -39.0 Valle de Los Patos Superior San Juan province [1][2] 17 July 1972 49.1 Villa de María del Río Seco Córdoba province [1] 2 January 1920
Flag of Bolivia Bolivia -25.7 Uyuni Potosí department [3] 4 August 1946 46.7 Villa Montes Tarija department [4] November 1980 and December 1980
Flag of Brazil Brazil -17.8 Morro da Igreja, Urubici municipality Santa Catarina state [5][6] 29 June 1996 44.6 Orleans Santa Catarina state [7][8] 6 January 1963
Flag of Chile Chile -37.0 Coyhaique Alto Aysén region [9][10][11] 21 June 2002 41.6 Los Ángeles Biobío region [12][13] 9 February 1944
Flag of Colombia Colombia -9.8 Sierra Nevada del Cocuy, Güicán municipality Boyacá department [14][15] January 1979 41.5 Aeropuerto Yariguíes, Barrancabermeja Santander department [16][17]
Flag of Ecuador Ecuador -4.3 Izobamba Pichincha province [18][19] November 1996 39.6 La Libertad Guayas province [20][21][22]
Flag of the Falkland Islands Falkland Islands (UK) -11.1 Stanley [23] 26.9 Mount Pleasant Airport [24] 23 February 2004
Flag of French Guiana French Guiana (Fr) 14.0 Saül [25][26] February 1981 and March 1981 38.5 Iracoubo [27] 18 September 1983
Flag of Guyana Guyana 13.0 Kaieteur Falls [28][29] January 2004 39 Ebini Livestock Station [30] September 1997
Flag of Paraguay Paraguay -7.5 Prats Gill Boquerón department [31] 13 July 2000 44.8 Doctor Pedro P. Peña Boquerón department [31] 9 November 1968
Flag of Peru Peru -28.2 Chuapalca Tacna region [32] August 2003 41.1 Neshuya Ucayali department [33][34] August 1963
Flag of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (UK) -29.8 Thule (Morrell) Island South Sandwich Islands [35] 31 July 1995 23.5 Grytviken South Georgia [36][37] 9 February 2004
Flag of Suriname Suriname 14.8 Sipaliwini Sipaliwini district [38] 39.3 Placer L. en F. de Jong (near Djumu) Sipaliwini district [39]
Flag of Uruguay Uruguay -11.0 Melo Cerro Largo department [40] 14 June 1967 44.0 Paysandú Paysandú department [40] 20 January 1943
Rivera Rivera department [40] 26 February 1953
Flag of Venezuela Venezuela -8 San Isidro de Apartaderos Mérida state [41] 41.4 Coro Falcón state [42] 24 September 1946

[edit] Notes and References

  1. ^ a b Datos extremos en el país y en el mundo, Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Retrieved 2 March 2007.
  2. ^ This is probably an uninhabited area. The town of Maquinchao Río Negro Province recorded -35.0°C on 17 July 1991.
  3. ^ Boletín Mensual del Tiempo 1946, Bolivia Servicio Meteorológico, NOAA Central Library, Climate Data Imaging Project. Retrieved 27 January 2007.
  4. ^ Boletines Climatológicos, Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología (SENAMHI). Retrieved 18 June 2007.
  5. ^ Sibéria brasileira no sul do Brasil, Serra Catarinense. Retrieved 23 February 2007.
  6. ^ This is reading is possibly unreliable. -14°C has been reported from Caçador Santa Catarina state on 11 June 1952, and -11.6°C from Xanxerê Santa Catarina state on 25 July 1945.
  7. ^ Primavera bem Alternada e Verão…, ClimaTerra. Retrieved 9 August 2007.
  8. ^ 44.8°C was reported from Bom Jesus do Piauí Piauí state on 21 November 2005 but the reading is probably unreliable.
  9. ^ Boletines Anteriores, Junio 2002, Sección de Meteorología del Departamento de Geofísica de la Universidad de Chile. Retrieved 13 June 2007.
  10. ^ The date of this reading is believed to be correct.
  11. ^ An unconfirmed -37°C has also been reported from Ollagüe Antofagasta region and -40°C has been reported from Puesto Viejo Aysén region.
  12. ^ Anuario Meteorólogico de 1944, Oficina Meteorológica de Chile, NOAA Central Library, Climate Data Imaging Project. Retrieved 10 December 2007.
  13. ^ The date of this reading is believed to be correct.
  14. ^ Información general, San Mateo Boyacá. Retrieved 6 November 2007.
  15. ^ This location may be uninhabited. -7.2°C was recorded in Funza Cundinamarca department on 15 February 1995.
  16. ^ Información Aeronáutica, Aeropuerto Yariguies (Barrancabermeja), Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales (IDEAM). Retrieved 10 December 2007.
  17. ^ 42.7°C reported from the same place in December 1949 is probably unreliable.
  18. ^ Información Meteorológica, Instituto Nacional de Meteorología en Hidrología (INAMHI). Retrieved 14 June 2007.
  19. ^ -8°C has been reported from high altitude at Hacienda Romerillos on Volcán Cotopaxi.
  20. ^ Proyecto: Lombricultura en la Península Santa Elena para Promover el Cultivo de Productos Agrícolas con Sello Verde en Base a Lombricompuestos, Instituto de Ciencias Humanisticas y Económicos. Retrieved 15 December 2007.
  21. ^ The temperature was recorded on the Península Santa Elena and probably at the town of La Libertad.
  22. ^ 39.8°C was reported from the central coastal plain in April 1963 but this has not been confirmed.
  23. ^ van Loon, H. (ed.) (1984) World Survey of Climatology, Vol 15, Climates of the Oceans, Elsevier Publishing Company. New York. ISBN 0444 41337 5.
  24. ^ Historical Weather: Mount Pleasant Airport, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (sic), El Tiempo. Retrieved 28 June 2007.
  25. ^ Résumé Mensuel de Temps 1986, Direction de la Météorologie Service Antilles – Guyane, NOAA Central Library, Climate Data Imaging Project. Retrieved 25 May 2007.
  26. ^ 12.2°C reported from Saül is probably unreliable.
  27. ^ Résumé Mensuel de Temps 1983, Direction de la Météorologie Service Antilles – Guyane, NOAA Central Library, Climate Data Imaging Project. Retrieved 25 May 2007.
  28. ^ Summary of Daily Observations – 2004, Caribbean Meteorological Institute. Retrieved 28 July 2007.
  29. ^ Temperatures close to 0°C are believed to be reached at high altitude on Mount Roraima.
  30. ^ Monthly Weather Summary 1997, Caribbean Meteorological Institute, NOAA Central Library, Climate Data Imaging Project. Retrieved 18 June 2007.
  31. ^ a b Valores Extremos Historicos, Dirección de Meteorología e Hidrología. Retrieved 17 June 2007.
  32. ^ Boletin Meteorológico e Hidrológico del Perú, Agosto, 2003, World Agrometeorological Information Service (WAMIS). Retrieved 17 June 2007.
  33. ^ Boletín Climatológico Anual, Año 1963, Dirección General de Meteorología, Perú, NOAA Central Library, Climate Data Imaging Project. Retrieved 9 August 2007.
  34. ^ 42°C reported from Pucallpa Ucayali department is probably unreliable.
  35. ^ Historical Weather: South Thule Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, El Tiempo. Retrieved 29 Jul 2007.
  36. ^ Interface to BAS/Met Oracle database, British Antarctic Survey. Retrieved 18 June 2007.
  37. ^ 28.9°C reported from Grytviken (Cumberland Bay) South Georgia is probably unreliable.
  38. ^ Schwerdtfeger,W. (ed.) (1976) World Survey of Climatology, Vol 12, Climates of Central and South America, Elsevier Publishing Company. New York. ISBN 978-0444412713.
  39. ^ Encyclopaedie van Nederlandsch West-Indië, Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren. Retrieved 22 June 2007.
  40. ^ a b c http://www.rau.edu.uy/uruguay/geografia/records.txt. Retrieved 24 June 2007.
  41. ^ -8°C has also been reported from an uninhabited location at high altitude at Mucubají Mérida state.
  42. ^ Google Books Search Engine, Google Books. (Venezuela Up-to-date, by the Embassy of Venezuela, Washington D.C, U.S.A., 1949.) Retrieved 7 May 2008.