Chile and Argentina among coldest places on Earth as polar anticyclone grips region

Published on July 3, 2025

Temperatures across lower South America have plummeted – falling as low as -15° Celsius or 5° Fahrenheit in some places – as a rare polar cold wave grips the region, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported on Thursday. 

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