Winter ended on October 23 here in Brazil. Two days later, Belo Horizonte, the capital of the state of Minas Gerais, recorded the hottest day in history. 38.6oC

Winter ended on October 23 here in Brazil. Two days later, Belo Horizonte, the capital of the state of Minas Gerais, recorded the hottest day in history. 38.6oC, 101oF. The hottest day since 1910. It wasn't the hottest day of September or spring. It was the hottest day in recorded history. Hotter than the summer record. I'm in the far south of Brazil. Known for its cold. Brazilians come here to feel the cold, to do cold weather tourism. This entire winter has been absolutely bonkers. Heat wave after heat wave. https://www.vox.com/climate/23864998/heat-wave-south-america-brazil-australia-argentina-hemisphere-winter https://www.vox.com/climate/23864998/heat-wave-south-america... https://edition.cnn.com/2023/09/25/americas/extreme-heat-south-america-brazil-climate-intl/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2023/09/25/americas/extreme-heat-sou... And it's not just the heat. It's the crazy swings. There are people here who are hearing the word "cyclone" for the very first time. And dying in the process. While it was still winter. The town of Muçum is no more. Cyclones were thought to be impossible in the South Atlantic until recently. https://www.todayonline.com/world/least-39-dead-cyclone-hits-brazils-southernmost-state-2249716 https://www.todayonline.com/world/least-39-dead-cyclone-hits... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Atlantic_tropical_cyclone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Atlantic_tropical_cyclon... I know very little about the climate of the Amazon. I know that it's such a vast system that it has its own climate rules. We are only just beginning to understand how it works. But we have already discovered in recent years that the Amazon rainforest has a direct and gigantic impact on the climate and rainfall of the rest of Brazil. And the lake where the dolphins died is deep in the heart of the Amazon. The entire state has declared a state of emergency because of the drought. https://www.google.com/maps/place/3%C2%B019%2719.9%22S+64%C2%B045%2718.9%22W/@-3.3041561,-64.7409975,498205m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d-3.3221944!4d-64.75525?entry=ttu https://www.google.com/maps/place/3%C2%B019%2719.9%22S+64%C2... https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2023/09/29/brazil-sends-emergency-aid-to-drought-hit-amazon-state_6140588_4.html https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2023/09/29/b... I'm worried about what kind of hell it's going to be like here in the summer. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/26/brazil-temperature-spring-heatwave-weather-climate-change https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/26/brazil-tempera...