Brazil’s Santa Catarina state recorded -6.4 degrees Celsius, a record low temperature

The town of Bom Jardim da Serra registered this Friday morning, August 19, -6.4 degrees Celsius, the lowest temperature in southern Brazil so far this year.

The National Institute of Meteorology (Inmet) reported that the thermometers fell to -6.4 degrees in Jardim da Serra, a municipality located in the mountainous region of the state of Santa Catarina.

In another mountain town, Urubici, the temperature dropped to -5.03 degrees and in neighboring Urupema fine snowflakes fell, while the thermometer read -2.4 degrees.

According to the weather agency Climatempo, a polar air front entered the coast of Santa Catarina and settled in the mountains of the west and north of the state.

The phenomenon is advancing towards the southeastern region, to São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro states, where temperatures have dropped since Thursday.

It is expected that in São Paulo, the temperature will drop this weekend to 8 degrees. Rio de Janeiro, the country’s tourist capital, will have a minimum temperature of 12 degrees.

With information from ANSA