Peru: the weather forecast for Arequipa on February 20

Beyond checking the weather forecast to know what to wear or whether or not to pack a raincoat, 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 It could be complex, but another variant is added: climate change, which has made the need to keep up to date to act and act even more urgent. adopt public policies that reduce disaster risk like 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 planned 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 57% during the day and 13% at night.

In the same direction, the cloudiness will be 88% during the day and 99% at night. While the gusts of wind they will reach 35 kilometers per hour during the day and 20 kilometers per hour at night.

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

This arid climate is felt in the city of Arequipalocated at 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 rain, 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 varied.

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.

What’s the weather like 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.