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Lima and Callao Record 70 Consecutive Warm Nights

Senamhi attributes the run to El Niño Costero ocean and atmospheric anomalies, which have lifted coastal nightly lows by about 5–6°C and begun earlier in the season than the 2023 event.

Overview

  • Senamhi reported on Wednesday that Lima and Callao have reached 70 straight nights of unusually warm minimum temperatures based on its monitoring stations.
  • The Jorge Chávez station in Callao has logged nightly lows of about 20–21.6 °C and has recorded only 'extremely warm' nights since June 28.
  • Other Senamhi sites show prolonged warm minima: Jesús María has 64 consecutive warm nights with lows near 18–20.6 °C and La Molina reports nightly values around 16.4–19.2 °C.
  • Senamhi and climate specialist Lourdes Menis link the persistence to El Niño Costero-related ocean and atmospheric anomalies that keep the coastal Pacific releasing stored heat at night.
  • By starting on May 6 this year the episode began earlier than the 2023 event, when Callao recorded 142 warm nights that started in June, showing a shift in seasonal timing that Senamhi continues to monitor.