Winter from down under

[Alberto]

I cannot complain.My winter is being mild . Last days were colder in Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul states.

Some pics: (araucarias and palms in snow)

http://noticias.uol.com.br/album/100804nevesul_album.jhtm?abrefoto=21#fotoNav=19

[JASON M]

I thought Brazil was always tropical

[Nigel]

I thought Brazil was always tropical

I can vouch for the fact its cold here in santa catarina ...... I live near the beach but its still very cold , never felt so cold in my life, house not constructed for cold weather like in europe. All day in the house with a coat on, going to bed with a coat on etc etc

[obabylive]

I thought Brazil was always tropical

I'm with you Jason , I did a double check on the location through a Google search to verify the location was Brazil . You know, like S. Amer Brazil. Didn't know it snowed there. This is another reason I've always been fascinated by geographical locations on world maps.

[peachy]

I grew up in tropical africa and spent most winters wrapped in ponchos and huddled around the heaters and fireplace. Tropical locations can get very cold, Mt Kilamanjaro is on the equator and its always covered in snow. Interesting topic Alberto, I knew arucarias were cold hardy but I didnt realise they could take snow as well.

Peachy

[kelen]

Here, the winter is terrible! it Kills my Attalea princeps and some Trithrinax schyzophylla!!!

[amazondk]

Alberto,

Thanks for the picture. I see the people on the news wearing warm clothing and it is such a contrast to the weather here. This is the Amazonian summer and yesterday the street side temperature signs were reporting 40 C in some places around town. It is a bit cooler today I think it stayed around 34 C because it rained around noon. Brazil is a big country for sure.

dk

[Alberto]

I thought Brazil was always tropical

I thought hole North America was always covered with snow,but last i saw Cocos nucifera growing in Florida...

Just kidding...Most of Brazil is tropical ,but the high altitude subtropical south region (point of Brazil),can be cold!!!brrrrr!!!....

That ´s the reason so many cold hardy palms comes from here...

[Alberto]

Here, the winter is terrible! it Kills my Attalea princeps and some Trithrinax schyzophylla!!!

Sorry to hear this! Isn´t T.schyzophilla a hardy palm....

Here in South central Paraná a thick cloud cover formed with humity from the Atlantic Ocean,are making our temperatures somewhat warmer at night. 5°C,but lack of sunshine makes that the temperatures during the day aren´t confortable (7°C)

Three times I saw some snow here in my city,so it is very rare here!

[Alberto]

I grew up in tropical africa and spent most winters wrapped in ponchos and huddled around the heaters and fireplace. Tropical locations can get very cold, Mt Kilamanjaro is on the equator and its always covered in snow. Interesting topic Alberto, I knew arucarias were cold hardy but I didnt realise they could take snow as well.

Peachy

The only good thing of winter is a good warm cup of coffee or chocolate near the fireplace!! It´s burning 24 ours/day.

Peachy,Our native Araucaria angustifolia is only slightly less cold hardy then Araucaria araucana from Chile. But I saw some planted out in Holland,surviving well....

[amazondk]

I found these pictures of the snow, they are quite interesting. Snow in the south

dk

[Nigel]

Here in South central Paraná a thick cloud cover formed with humity from the Atlantic Ocean,are making our temperatures somewhat warmer at night. 5°C,but lack of sunshine makes that the temperatures during the day aren´t confortable (7°C)

Three times I saw some snow here in my city,so it is very rare here!

alberto, this cloud is horrible ........ cold rain and without sun brrrr, even here by the beach it is 7C or 8C and max of 13C by day, same temperature inside the house !

[Alberto]

I found these pictures of the snow, they are quite interesting. Snow in the south

dk

Thanks for the l ink Don!

Yes Nigel,and what makes it worser is the wind..............

[Alex-v]

alberto interesting.

seeing the pictures You Can See That people aren't accustomed to cold ... I see many jeans

Edited August 5, 2010 by Alex-v

[Bennz]

Hi Alberto,

Looks a little cold . Makes my sunny day today seem ok. Have you heard reports of much damage?

7C was your high? That must be very unusual for you?

[Tomas]

Hi Alberto,

the araucaria pictures with snow are fantastic. Actualy snow doesn't mean realy extreme cold, but this picture makes thinking about hard freeze.

http://noticias.uol.com.br/album/100804nevesul_album.jhtm?abrefoto=21#fotoNav=29

Tomas

[Alberto]

Hi Alberto,

Looks a little cold . Makes my sunny day today seem ok. Have you heard reports of much damage?

7C was your high? That must be very unusual for you?

Hi Ben,

The sun appeared again here today and the temperaure was better,but with the clear sky tonight.... I think it will freeze.

Daytime temperatures aren´t this cold generally. Only if very cloudy. I remember that some years ago it snowed a little here in Carambeí the first of May (during the day) and tempertures were around 0°C.

[DoomsDave]

Hmm.

Looks like those auracarias are up in some serious altidude, almost a mile high.

That's certainly below the Tropic of Capricorn, and I know it can get cold down there.

(Go far enough south and you hit Antarctica . . . . )

So, is snow a regular event there? It appears not to be, given the lack of serious winter clothing, though no one's running around like at Mardi Gras time . . .

[kelen]

Here, the winter is terrible! it Kills my Attalea princeps and some Trithrinax schyzophylla!!!

Sorry to hear this! Isn´t T.schyzophilla a hardy palm....

Here in South central Paraná a thick cloud cover formed with humity from the Atlantic Ocean,are making our temperatures somewhat warmer at night. 5°C,but lack of sunshine makes that the temperatures during the day aren´t confortable (7°C)

Three times I saw some snow here in my city,so it is very rare here!

Here, clouds cover sky during the day, during the night get clean!!! So, FROST everyday!!! The temperature is between -4ºC<10ºC! Where's the global warming when I need it more!!!

[kelen]

Snow in Rio Grande do Sul, next to Canguçu - september, 5 - 2008

[Explorer]

Here in South central Paraná a thick cloud cover formed with humity from the Atlantic Ocean,are making our temperatures somewhat warmer at night. 5°C,but lack of sunshine makes that the temperatures during the day aren´t confortable (7°C)

Three times I saw some snow here in my city,so it is very rare here!

alberto, this cloud is horrible ........ cold rain and without sun brrrr, even here by the beach it is 7C or 8C and max of 13C by day, same temperature inside the house !

Freezing under the coconut palms! Like in good old England...

Well if I had to chose a place in Brasil iot would be a bit farther north for sure, espescialy if you do not have any central heating!

Alexander

[amazondk]

Hmm.

Looks like those auracarias are up in some serious altidude, almost a mile high.

That's certainly below the Tropic of Capricorn, and I know it can get cold down there.

(Go far enough south and you hit Antarctica . . . . )

So, is snow a regular event there? It appears not to be, given the lack of serious winter clothing, though no one's running around like at Mardi Gras time . . .

Dave,

Brazilians make a big deal of cold weather. It is not something that most have to deal with. So, many go just to experience it. The coldest weather clothes that I have is a tropical wool sport coat. Which does not do much good. In fact I had it on when I was boarding a small plane in Great Falls, Montana last December with a temperature of 30 below zero F. I thought I was going to freeze solid. You will never see a temperature in Brazil like that and if people had to experience it I doubt if they would pay to do it. It was so cold that the flight attendants hand stuck to the metal lever used to close the cabin door and she screamed with pain as it burned her skin as she pulled loose from the frozen metal.

Now living in a house with no heating in freezing or near freezing weather is far from comfortable. When I lived in São Paulo years ago I used to wear my long johns from Montana at home to stay warm in the winter. And, São Paulo never gets as cold as further south. The one thing that I really do not miss is cold weather. But, then again that is a personal judgement. I am quite content to only have to deal with the heat.

dk

[Tyrone]

Here, the winter is terrible! it Kills my Attalea princeps and some Trithrinax schyzophylla!!!

Sorry to hear this! Isn´t T.schyzophilla a hardy palm....

Here in South central Paraná a thick cloud cover formed with humity from the Atlantic Ocean,are making our temperatures somewhat warmer at night. 5°C,but lack of sunshine makes that the temperatures during the day aren´t confortable (7°C)

Three times I saw some snow here in my city,so it is very rare here!

We're getting clear nights around 5C the same as you, but are you saying the days have maxed at 7C!!!!! That's cold. I've been whinging about temps 10-12C warmer than that here. I guess I should be thankful.

[Tyrone]

Hmm.

Looks like those auracarias are up in some serious altidude, almost a mile high.

That's certainly below the Tropic of Capricorn, and I know it can get cold down there.

(Go far enough south and you hit Antarctica . . . . )

So, is snow a regular event there? It appears not to be, given the lack of serious winter clothing, though no one's running around like at Mardi Gras time . . .

Dave,

Brazilians make a big deal of cold weather. It is not something that most have to deal with. So, many go just to experience it. The coldest weather clothes that I have is a tropical wool sport coat. Which does not do much good. In fact I had it on when I was boarding a small plane in Great Falls, Montana last December with a temperature of 30 below zero F. I thought I was going to freeze solid. You will never see a temperature in Brazil like that and if people had to experience it I doubt if they would pay to do it. It was so cold that the flight attendants hand stuck to the metal lever used to close the cabin door and she screamed with pain as it burned her skin as she pulled loose from the frozen metal.

Now living in a house with no heating in freezing or near freezing weather is far from comfortable. When I lived in São Paulo years ago I used to wear my long johns from Montana at home to stay warm in the winter. And, São Paulo never gets as cold as further south. The one thing that I really do not miss is cold weather. But, then again that is a personal judgement. I am quite content to only have to deal with the heat.

dk

That reminds me of the movie "Dumb and Dumber", when Jim Carie licks a frozen metal hand rail in Aspen. I think that's what happened anyway.

[BS Man about Palms]

Not much to reply other than, "Been there, done that"..

(Lived for 15 years in Colorado)