Overview
- La Plata recorded −0.6°C with a wind chill near −3.2°C, placing it eighth among the coldest localities that Wednesday morning.
- Several towns across Buenos Aires province registered even lower readings, including Coronel Suárez at −3.2°C, Azul at −2.8°C and Bahía Blanca at −2°C.
- Patagonian stations showed the cold was widespread, with Chapelco at −3.6°C and Maquinchao reporting the nation’s lowest temperature at −4.4°C.
- Local meteorological forecasts reported in the coverage predict a steady warm-up, with overnight lows rising to about 7–9°C and daytime highs climbing to roughly 21–24°C by the weekend.
- Happening days before the spring change, the late-winter chill made morning wind chills especially uncomfortable for early commuters but is expected to ease as skies clear and temperatures rise.