https://electroverse.net/anomalous-cold-set-to-ravage-south-america-by-early-october-the-changing-jet-stream/

A particularly dry and cold winter” has negatively affected South American crop production. Lima for example, the capital of Peru, just suffered one of its “coldest winters in 50 years,” according to its National Service of Meteorology and Hydrology.




And even now, after South America’s meteorological Spring has sprung, the anomalous cold shows no signs of abating, no doubt causing further headaches for the continent’s hard-pressed farmers.

Temperature departures during the first few days of October are on course to be as much as 20C below the seasonal average. With the nations of Chile, Central/Northern Argentina, Uruguay, Southern Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia and Peru being worst affected:

GFS TEMP ANOMALIES (C)

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According to climatology expert Lourdes Menis Álvarez, “Peru’s winter of 2018 was one of the coldest in almost 50 years — however, the winter of 2019 has surpassed it in intensity.”

These types of cold winters were once common-place in Peru, explained Álvarez, but of late, strong El Niños have brought “long summers and warm winters” to the region.

The evidence suggest the tide is now turning, however.