Lima Sees Winter Beach Weather as El Niño Threatens Record Strength
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Updated · The Washington Post · Jun 8
Lima Sees Winter Beach Weather as El Niño Threatens Record Strength
3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Jun 8
Summary
Lima is getting unusually warm, beach-like conditions in May and June, when Peru’s capital typically turns cooler as Southern Hemisphere winter begins.
Updated forecast models tie the anomaly to developing El Niño conditions and warn the event could become the strongest on record.
The shift is especially notable in a city of more than 10 million people, where the normal seasonal pattern is for temperatures to fall rather than resemble summer beach weather.
The unusual warmth underscores how a strengthening El Niño can upend expected weather patterns well before the event fully peaks.