"Santa Catarina recorded snowfall in Urupema and Sao Joaquim on Wednesday — the third consecutive day of the rare phenomenon, which also included unusually chilly sub-zero temperatures.
Santa Catarina is the southernmost state of Brazil.
Temperatures across the state have plunged to a record-challenging -7.5C (18.5F), and beyond, this week, and heavy snow has been registered.
According to the Information Center of Environmental Resources and Hydrometeorology of Santa Catarina (Epagri / Ciram), this is the first year since 2000 that snow has been recorded on three consecutive days.
As reported by riotimesonline.com, plunging temperatures and favorable humidity levels have brought substantial accumulations of snow to the towns and cities located in and around the Santa Catarina Mountains:
And there you go, snow in a tropical country: Brazil! ...
Locals have been waking to find their cars, lawns, and roads blanketed under layers of global warming goodness as a violent Antarctic front continues to dominate South America’s weather.
Bone-chilling lows have accompanied the snow — cold which sank thermometers to a record-challenging -3.9C (25F) in Bom Jardim da Serra, -3.45C (25.8F) in Urupema, -2.13C (28.2F) in Urubici, and -1.6C (29.1F) in São Joaquim, according to Epagri / Ciram data.
The Antarctic continent has been holding unusually cold this year — some 10C colder than normal, in fact:
In recent months, this exceptional chill has escaped the icy continent with increasing regularity, and has invaded the southern hemisphere land masses of Australia, Southern Africa, as well as South America:
As a result of Antarctica’s anomalous chill —which saw a low of -81.7C (-115F) recently logged— the continent’s ice sheet has been growing exponentially since late-February, to rise comfortably above the 1979-1990 average ... "
