Will it rain, will it be sunny or will it be cold this Wednesday?, here it is weather forecast for the following hours in Lima.
During the day temperature it will reach a maximum of 25 degrees, the probability of rain It will be 19%, with 91% cloudiness, while wind gusts will reach 30 kilometers per hour.
As for UV rays, they should reach a level of up to 6.
For the night, temperature will reach 20 degrees, while precipitation forecast it will be 20%, with 79% cloudiness, while wind gusts will be 26 kilometers per hour during the day.
In the department of Lima there are 12 types of climatedetermined by its proximity to the sea to the west and the altitude to the east, presented regularly an arid and temperate climatic state, as well as zero humidity all year long.
Of all the states of the time, the one that predominates and which covers approximately 50% of the territory of the said department is the dry aggregate.
This climatic state is particular given the geographical conditions of the city, since it is located in a tropical area and practically at sea level. The key to understanding the type of climate in Lima comes from its proximity to the Andes Cordillera , as well as the Peruvian Cold Current or Humboldt Current, coming from the south.
The climate extends from the province of Cañete in the south and to the province of Barranca in the north, passing through the capital of Peru, practically a desert, where the rain falls very little and only between the months of July and September.
In the midst of this arid climate, “hill” ecosystems are formed in the provinces of Cañete, Lima, Huaral and Huaura, developed under the influence of winter mists and drizzlescreating a cool and humid environment in the middle of the desert.
In areas furthest from the coast and with it a higher altitude, the weather changes from arid to semi-arid and further east appear the cold and even rain a little more constant in the summer.
Peru and its 38 climates
In Peru, 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 in 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 covers barely 11.6% of the national territory, the weather prevailing 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.