

Bone Chilling Cold in Costa Rica Expected To Continue Today

Guanacaste records a chilling 19.9 Celsius (68 Fahrenheit), 3.6 C (38.5) at the Iraz�



As forecast, Tuesday was windy and cold. The Instituto Meteorol�gico Nacional (IMN) - national weather service - says that today, Wednesday and until Friday, will be much of the same, as Costa Rica enters the final phase of the transition from rainy to dry season. On Tuesday the temperature recorded in Coronado (northwest side of San Jos�) was a chilling 12.4 Celsius (54.32 degree Fahrenheit), while in Cartago a temperature of 13.1 (55.5) was recorded, 17 (62.6) in Alajuela and a bone numbing 19.9 (67.7) in Liberia, Guanacaste.



In San Jos� the thermometer dipped to 14 Celsius (57 Fahrenheit).



But, the coldest temperature recorded was 3.6 Celsius ((38. 48 Fahrenheit)) at the highest point of the Iraz� volcano.



Normal daytime temperatures in San Jos� are 28 Celsius (82 Fahrenheit), dipping to 20 (68 Fahrenheit) at night. In Guanacaste, typical daytime hover in the 35, night time 28.



The low temperatures, but no so low, are normal for December. The temperatures of yesterday are typical in the first week or 10 days of January.



