Ten registered stations nationwide maximum temperatures historic, with peaks that in some cases had not been reached for 57 years, reported the National Service of Meteorology and Hydrography of Peru (Senamhi)through their social networks.
According to the establishment, great samaPants, Talabaya (Tacna), Machu Picchu (Cusco), Huanta, San Pedro de Cachi, Chilcayoc (Ayacucho) and Mazo Cruz, Pizacoma, Santa Rosa (Puno) are the stations that recorded the historical record.
#Inform Southern coast and highlands: Sama Grande and Calana (Tacna) and Mazo Cruz (Puno) reached maximum temperatures not recorded since the extraordinary El Niño of 1983. Likewise, the Pizacoma station (Puno) reached a maximum temperature 22.6°C, a value not recorded for 57 years pic.twitter.com/ChUP1ihcn7
—Senamhi (@Senamhiperu) March 7, 2023
According to data from senamhithe station Machu Picchu, with an altitude of 2,399 masl (meter above sea level), normally has a temperature of 21 degrees. However, on February 2, it recorded a high of 27.2. The previous record dated March 9, 2016, with 26.7.
Huanta, a station located at 2,485 m above sea level, usually reports a temperature of 26 degrees. However, on March 3, it recorded a high of 30.4. The previous record dates from March 11, with 30.2.
San Pedro de Cachí, a station that has an elevation of 3,247 meters above sea level, normally has a temperature of 19.9 degrees. However, on March 3, it recorded a high of 24.2. The previous record, set on March 2, 2014, was 24.
Chilcayoc, a station located at 3,395 m above sea level, generally has a temperature of 18.8 degrees. However, on February 2, it recorded a high of 23.1. The previous record, from March 4, 2016, was 23 degrees.
Located 529 meters above sea level, the resort great sama It normally registers a temperature of 28.4 degrees. But on March 5, it peaked at 32.8. On March 14, 1983, in the midst of the scourge of a phenomenon of The boywas 32.4
Pants, with an elevation of 785 meters above sea level, typically has a temperature of 26.4. However, on March 5, it recorded a high of 30.6. The previous record, from March 16, 1983, also in the context of an extraordinary El Niño, was 30.4.
A student, which has an elevation of 3,409 meters above sea level, typically has a temperature of 17.2. However, this March 2, it recorded a high of 20.7. The previous record, from March 17, 2016, was 20.6.
Cross mallet, a station located at 3,980 meters above sea level, normally has a temperature of 16 degrees. But, on March 2, it recorded a high of 22.8. Previously, the record on March 2, 1983 was 22.6.
Pizacoma, a station located at 3,930 meters above sea level, generally has a temperature of 16.8 degrees. However, on March 2, it recorded a high of 22.6. The previous record, set on March 20, 1966, was 22.
santa rosa, station at an altitude of 3,357 meters above sea level, normally has an altitude of 3,357 meters above sea level, usually has a temperature of 15.3 degrees. However, on March 2, it recorded a high of 20.4. On March 10, 2014, the previous record was 19.8.