Climate information is increasingly relevant to society. (GlobeLiveMedia/Jovani Perez)

In times of climate change, a hot summer day can quickly turn into pouring rain that causes flooding within minutes, so it’s increasingly common for people to try to prepare for temperature swings.

Below the weather report expected in the next few hours for Huancayo:

During the day temperature it will reach a maximum of 12 degrees, the probability of rain It will be 80%, with 100% cloudiness, while wind gusts will reach 22 kilometers per hour.

As for ultraviolet rays, they should reach a level of up to 5.

For the night, temperature will reach 5 degrees, while precipitation forecast It will be 55%, with 100% cloudiness, while the winds will blow at 17 kilometers per hour during the day.

(Huancayo Municipality)
(Huancayo Municipality)

Huancayo is part of the department of Junín, where there are 17 kinds of weatherwith a weather condition of prevailing rain and coldas good as lack of moisture in autumn and winter.

In the province of Huancayoon the other hand, there three types of weather conditionswhere the coat and the umbrella are generally indispensable.

The most common weather condition is cold and rainy, with dry autumns and winterswhich is present in the city of Huancayo.

Then the time is temperate, which is characterized in this region by constant humidity during all seasons of the year.

The last state of time present in said Peruvian province is the semi-dry and cold, with dry autumns and winters.

The mountains, jungle and coast influence the type of climate in Peru (Picture: File)
The mountains, jungle and coast influence the type of climate in Peru (Picture: File)

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.

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