August 2009 Argentine winter heat wave
Introduction The '''2009 Argentine winter heat wave''' was a period of unusual and exceptionally hot weather that arrived at the end of the winter in August 2009 in Argentina. Several provinces of the country were most affected. Several records were broken. August 2009 was the warmest month since official measurements began.On 30 August 2009, it felt like the middle of summer late last week in the heart of Argentina even with the calendar showing more than three weeks remaining in the Southern Hemisphere winter. A shot of tropical heat drawn unusually far southward hiked temperatures  above normal in the city of Buenos Aires and across the north-central regions of the country.Even though normal high temperatures for late August are near , readings topped  degrees at midweek, then topped out above  degrees during the weekend. Temperatures hit  on 29 August and finally  on 31 August in Buenos Aires, making it the hottest day ever recorded in winter breaking the 1996 winter record of .Elsewhere in Argentina, the mid-northern city of Córdoba reached a dramatic high of  degrees on 29 August 2009.Another northern city, Santa Fe, registered  degrees on 30 August, compared to the normal high of around .
See also * July 2007 Argentine winter storm
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