Climate Trends in Uruguay

• In Uruguay, the longest run of hot days in a row in the data is 10 days, at Paysandu (Uruguay), from 13 January 1943 to 22 January 1943.
• In Uruguay, the longest run of days in a row at or above 40 C in the data is 5 days, at Paysandu (Uruguay), from 18 January 1943 to 22 January 1943.
• In Uruguay, the longest run of frost days in a row in the data is 13 days, at Mercedes (Uruguay), from 27 June 2011 to 9 July 2011.
• In Uruguay, the longest run of dry days in a row in the data is 172 days, at Mercedes (Uruguay), in 1995.
• In Uruguay, the longest run of wet days in a row in the data is 13 days, at Quebracho (Uruguay), in 1982.
• In Uruguay, the longest run of longest run of nights at or above 25 c in the data is 4 days, at Paysandu (Uruguay), from 8 December 1968 to 11 December 1968.

Longest run of days at or above 35 C

Consecutive days with a daily maximum at or above 35 C (95 F).

Longest run of days at or above 40 C

Consecutive days with a daily maximum at or above 40 C (104 F).

Longest run of frost days (minimum at or below 0 C)

Consecutive days with a daily minimum at or below 0 C (32 F).

Longest dry spell (days under 1 mm of rain), within one year

Consecutive days with less than 1 mm (0.04 in) of rain, the longest run within a year. The dates are not kept, so the list gives the year (within the year).

Longest wet spell (days with 1 mm or more of rain), within one year

Consecutive days with 1 mm (0.04 in) or more of rain, the longest run within a year. The dates are not kept, so the list gives the year (within the year).

Longest run of nights at or above 25 C

A run belongs to the year it started in, even when it ran on into the next year. A station appears once per list, with its longest run in a complete year. Dry and wet spells are the longest run within a year. Lists use complete years only, so a long run in a year with gaps in the record is not counted.