Despite a week of bracingly low temperatures, thermometers in Buenos Aires are still not rising. And with weather experts warning May 25 as the coldest day of the year, porteños started dreaming of snow on the way.
The Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (SMN), Argentina’s weather service, said that low temperatures were to stay in Buenos Aires and its outskirts, with the chills set to be felt.
Maximum temperatures of 16 degrees Celsius were expected for the last weekend of May, with a minimum of four degrees over the same period. Because it was also cloudy, the cold was felt even more, said the SMN, without the sun bringing any heat for those outdoors.
In essence, wintry weather conditions are already being felt, even though Argentina is still a month away from the coldest season.
As for snow, any white flakes would be an unlikely occurrence, though meteorologists are refusing to rule it out. Due to the mild climate present in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA), snow is extremely rare, with rainfall, humidity and low temperatures needed.
Temperatures have remained between 5 and 16 degrees until the last weekend of May, being May 22 the most pleasant day, according to the SMN.
On the night of May 24, temperatures dropped, making May 25 the coldest day of that week and of this year so far, ranging between 4 and 11 degrees Celsius.
Unfortunately, snow is still seen as unlikely, though conditions will be close to the last time it snowed in Buenos Aires: July 9, 2007.
Underlining the rarity of such an occurrence, the first recorded snowfall in Buenos Aires took place in June 1918 – with almost 90 years between the two incidents.
SOURCE: www.batimes.com.ar