Arequipa: the weather forecast for February 19

Beyond consulting the weather to know what to wear or wear or not an umbrella, the weather report It is an instrument that has become essential for various sectors such as transport (by air, sea and land), agriculture, tourism, disaster prevention, public health and even to carry out military operations.

But if by itself predict the time This could be complex, to this is added another variant: global warming, which has made even more urgent the need to keep up to date in order to act and act. adopt public policies that reduce disaster risk such as alerts about floods, droughts, freezing waves, bad landing and other related phenomena.

In this context, here the weather forecast for the next few hours in Arequipa:

In Arequipa, it is expected a maximum temperature of 20 degrees Celsius and a minimum of 10 degrees Celsius.

As for the rain the chance of precipitation for this city will be 72% during the day and 25% at night.

In the same direction, the cloudiness will be 89% during the day and 96% at night. While the gusts of wind they will reach 32 kilometers per hour during the day and 15 kilometers per hour at night.

a dozen climates are those registered in the department of Arequipa, where the weather condition is distinguished by being arid and temperate, with zero humidity throughout the year.

This arid climate is seen in the city of Arequipalocated more than two thousand meters above sea level, with maximum temperatures not exceeding 25 degrees and minimum temperatures around 10 degrees, as well as little rainfall, February being the rainiest month.

Located in southern Peru, the arid climate of this department is present in the southwest of the department which is attached to the coast of the Pacific Ocean, while in the northeast the climate is more diverse.

In the northwestern regions with an altitude above 2,500 meters above sea level, the climate ranges from semi-arid to semi-dry, temperate to cool and low in humidity in winter and spring.

The climate in Peru

In Peruvian territory, up to 38 types of weather are feltaccording to the National Meteorology and Hydrology Service (Senamhi), this is due to the interaction between different climatic and geographical factors.

These main factors, details the Senamhi, are its geographical position on the Tropic of Capricorn and the proximity of the Andes mountain range.

Among the 38 climates, Senamhi highlights three main which are defined according to the area of ​​the country in which they are located.

On the coast of the South American country, which meets the Pacific Ocean and barely covers 11.6% of the national territory, the prevailing climate there is arid and temperatebeing its main climatic characteristic the rarity of the rains.

In the sawthe area close to the Andes and which occupies 28.1% of Peruvian territory, the climate is rainy and cold mostly.

While in the junglewhere the tropical climate of Peru is most filled, occupying 60.3% of its surface, the weather is defined as very rainy and hot.