The brutal cold-front infecting South America is beginning to take names. Urupema, a municipality in the state of Santa Catarina in southern Brazil, recorded it’s coldest ever temperature on the morning of July 07.

The mercury plunged to -9.2C (15.4F) at the Epagri-Ciram weather station, making it the lowest temperature ever recorded there, comfortably busting the -8.8C (16.2F) set on June 28, 2011.





It got so cold that one of Santa Catarina’s main tourist attractions, the Morro das Torres cascade, actually froze over:





Na manhã desse domingo (07) eu postei uma foto de Urupema/SC. A cascata do Morro das Torres congelou. Fez-9°C. Aqui posto um trecho da reportagem do Fantástico sobre o assunto. Visitar esse lugar deve ser um passeio inesquecível, mas morar por lá não deve ser muito prazeroso! pic.twitter.com/xm36706c3p — Flávio Azevedo (@FlavioAzevedoRB) July 8, 2019



According to the state’s Civil Defense Department, ALL regions of southern Brazil recorded temperatures below 0C (32F) on July 07, with the exception of the coast.

While anecdotal reports indicate 0C was actually recorded on some coasts, with snow also falling:





This is for everyone who only thinks about Brazil as a hot place. Today the temperature reached -9.2°C in Urupema/SC and the waterfalls just got frozen. In my hometown, at the sea level and coast, it reached 0°C and snowed.



Photo: Marleno Farias pic.twitter.com/CFYZ8PSJ8w — Maurício Moreira (@maurice_moreira) July 8, 2019



Brazil’s brutal cold looks set to ease over the coming days, giving some relief to the county’s growing regions.

But it appears to be back with a vengeance next week, at least for southern and western parts:





GFS TEMP ANOMALY for JULY 18



The cold times are returning, as the sun enters its next Grand Solar Minimum cycle:







Prepare.





GSM + Pole Shift



