The Itatiaia National Park, located in the city of the same name in Sul Fluminense, could break a new cold record in the coming days. The place, known for its low temperatures, recorded minus 11.4 degrees in the early hours of last Tuesday (14). The temperature is the lowest recorded in the country this year.
Last year, the location registered minus 12 degrees, a record for the entire country.
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The forecast is for new low temperatures to be recorded this week, reaching minus 13 or 14 degrees. The estimate was made by geographer William Siqueira to the newspaper Extra. He is a member of a group of low temperature aficionados, the “Cold Weather Portal”.
The group installed the Campo Belo station, at an altitude of about 2,400 meters, in Itatiaia Park, which carried out all record temperature measurements.
In addition to the Campo Belo station, the group established two other stations at the location: Rebouças and Delfim Moreira. The radars are located at 2350 meters and 2605 meters in altitude and operate on the basis of solar energy.
The fourth station in the region is that of the National Institute of Meteorology (Inmet), which recorded minus 7.8 degrees in the early hours of last Tuesday (14).
Source: BdF Rio de Janeiro
Editing: Mariana Pitasse
