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 30 °C (54 °F) above normal in the city of Buenos Aires and across the north-central regions of the country.
[1] Temperatures hit 33.8 °C (90 °F) on 29 August and finally 34.6 °C (90 °F) on 31 August in Buenos Aires, making it the hottest day ever recorded in winter breaking the 1996 winter record of 33.7 °C (90 °F).
Elsewhere in Argentina, the mid-northern city of Córdoba reached a dramatic high of 37.8 °C (100 °F) degrees on 29 August 2009.
Another northern city, Santa Fe, registered 38.3 °C (101 °F) degrees on 30 August, compared to the normal high of around 18 °C (64 °F).