Nine of the 12 months of last year had monthly temperature averages above the historical average, with September standing out with the greatest difference between the recorded value and the average.
Normally, Brazilians summers are marked by rising temperatures, longer days than nights, heavy rainfall, electrical discharges, and moderate to strong winds, but El Niño should make climate changes more intense.
At 9:15 am on Tuesday (Nov. 14), the city recorded its highest apparent temperature since 2014. At the time, the thermometers read 35.5°C.
On Wednesday (23), Rio witnessed its highest temperature of the winter, with thermometers registering a maximum of 39.2°C in Irajá, in the northern zone.
With so much heat, the local population has crowded the beaches in the south and west zones of the city, after days of an unusual sequence of rainy days.
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