translated from Spanish: Heatwave in Patagonia, argentina registers record temperatures

Heat wave affecting South of Patagonia, argentina in the last hours recorded “historical record”, according to the national meteorological service (SMN) said today in that country, which has generated a strong impact in the country to ustral by the atypical of high temperatures in normally cold areas.
The southernmost provinces of the country, Chubut, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego exceeded 30 degrees in the afternoon on Monday and today the SMN recognized new “historical record” in some locations by “extremely high” temperatures.
Among these, stood the Tierra del Fuego city of Rio Grande, which reached 30.8 degrees and surpassed the previous record of 28.6 degrees of February 1962.
Also beat the record the town Santa Cruz of Perito Moreno with 38.2 degrees, which reached 35 degrees in January 2013.
Despite high temperatures in the province of Santa Cruz, where the Glacier National Park, Argentinian glaciologist Pedro Svarka said today told Efe that glaciers temperature round the usual temperatures of the austral summer.
In the Tierra del Fuego city of Ushuaia, temperatures also reached 30 degrees, what that provincial Government responded with a restriction of the assistance of public employees to work during the day on Tuesday.
This fact burned the social network Twitter with comments of various Argentinians against and in favor of the initiative and #TierraDelFuego became a national trend.
Different network users qualified to the Tierra del Fuego being “vague”, as in the other Argentine cities temperatures exceed 45 degrees in some cases and the work routine is maintained.
In this way, other users from Tierra del Fuego reacted to these comments arguing that ‘never’ lived a similar situation and explaining that the structures of the buildings are adapted to low temperatures, but not high.
“The decision to give employees the day off is because the houses have walls thermal and cold double glasses. I.e. can’t be in”, said a Twitter user.
This situation is due to an “intense” anticyclone located in the Center – East of the country since last Saturday according to the SMN and that, on the one hand, is responsible for warm temperatures experienced in the center of the country and on the other, drives very warm air toward the Patag onia in persistent way.
The same agency expected that high temperatures will remain over the area “at least” until tomorrow.

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