Extreme heat: will the temperature in Buenos Aires reach 50 degrees in the summer?

Extreme heat: will the temperature in Buenos Aires reach 50 degrees in the summer?

November 12, 2024 – 10:00

The National Meteorological Service (SMN) launched its quarterly forecasts where it issued a heat wave alert. During the previous season, temperatures in CABA exceeded 40 degrees

The hot days are beginning to arrive and the National Weather Service has predicted that they will occur in the summer.

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Summer has not yet arrived in Argentina, but the first signs of sweltering days have begun to appear and an increase in the temperature is expected. temperature that will affect the province of Buenos Aires and the north of the country. In this sense, the National Meteorological Service (SMN) published its quarterly forecasts and users on social networks were alarmed by the possibility that in Buenos Aires exceed 50 degrees during the summer.

However, everything was due, initially, to a confusion: the SMN’s forecast for the months of November 2024 – January 2025 stated that there are “50 to 55%” of possibilities that the temperatures this summer will be “higher than normal“In detail, the climate phenomenon”central strip of the country and NOA region with greater chances towards the east of Buenos Aires“.

Summer in Buenos Aires: could it reach 50 degrees?

Finally, the alert that went viral on social networks seems to have been simply a confusion. In detail, what is predicted by the SMN is a probability of exceeding normal temperatures in different areas, but it does not strictly mean that the thermometer will read between 50 to 55 degrees.

In this way, it is true that there is greater “probability of having warmer than normal conditions throughout the center and north of the country, mainly in the NOA“in the months of November 2024 to January 2025, although the thermometer record will still be seen as the weeks go by. The calculation of the SMN was carried out taking into account “the experimental numerical forecasts of the main global climate simulation models and statistical models indicate differences in seasonal forecast probabilities.”

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Each province's chances of exceeding average temperatures over the next 3 months.

Each province’s chances of exceeding average temperatures over the next 3 months.

National Weather Service

For the next few days, during the week of November 11 to 17temperatures in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA) are expected to increase for Saturday and Sunday. In this way, it is expected that the Thursday the 14th The thermometer shows a maximum of 30°, while with a minimum of 19°, the Friday the 15th will increase a little more, reaching 32° and a minimum of 21°, and finally for the Saturday the 16th the temperature will be close to 33°.

The recommendation of the National Meteorological Service in the face of the possibility of high temperatures

Although we will have to wait to know if this summer sets a record in temperatures, The National Weather Service made a series of recommendations to take care of yourself facing the possibility of extreme heat in the country during end of the year and start of the summer season. In this way it is recommended:

  • Drink plenty of water throughout the day and eat fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables.
  • Wear loose clothing, made of light materials and light colors.
  • Take care of the sun at all times and use sunscreen
  • Pay attention to infants and children. Also to older people, whether family members or neighbors.

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