City of Fog - The Climate of Lima, Peru
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Date: 2024-01-04
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-jmorels
Great video! I would add that the eastern parts of the city get much more sunlight in winter than the coastal zones (where tourists basically stay. A less than two hours drive from Miraflores and you get a lovely sunny climate (a bit chilly at night though. Lima's mild climate has a direct impact on its exponential demographic growth in the past sixty years, it has helped preserve some of its Pre-Inca constructions (in spite of earthquakes, and has supported the availability all year round of local vegetables and fruits. A lot to study about this weird climate, indeed. Thanks for the video!
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Great video! I would add that the eastern parts of the city get much more sunlight in winter than the coastal zones (where tourists basically stay. A less than two hours drive from Miraflores and you get a lovely sunny climate (a bit chilly at night though. Lima's mild climate has a direct impact on its exponential demographic growth in the past sixty years, it has helped preserve some of its Pre-Inca constructions (in spite of earthquakes, and has supported the availability all year round of local vegetables and fruits. A lot to study about this weird climate, indeed. Thanks for the video!
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-joaoguerrero933
Thank you for the video. I am from Lima, Peru and now i live in the U. S. for half of my life. I was taking a class in geosystems, specifically in biomes and your videos were extremely helpful. I hope you have a blessed christmas goodbye. In all my life until the year I left which was when I was seventeen. I only saw one thunder lightning; it was amazing, and I realized that rain is what happens in Lima is a joke of an actual storm. I live in Virginia now and the first time that I was in a storm I was freaking out.
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Thank you for the video. I am from Lima, Peru and now i live in the U. S. for half of my life. I was taking a class in geosystems, specifically in biomes and your videos were extremely helpful. I hope you have a blessed christmas goodbye. In all my life until the year I left which was when I was seventeen. I only saw one thunder lightning; it was amazing, and I realized that rain is what happens in Lima is a joke of an actual storm. I live in Virginia now and the first time that I was in a storm I was freaking out.
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-mooseears9849
I-m probably going to get hate for this. I truly dislike Lima-s climate. You are basically taking the dry weather of a desert, but without any of the sunlight, especially in the Southern Hemisphere-s winter months. The only positive left is temperatures, but that is thrown out the window when you realize the humidity is so high in the winter. According to Wikipedia, it surpasses that of New Orleans! I still can-t find any merits to that setup
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I-m probably going to get hate for this. I truly dislike Lima-s climate. You are basically taking the dry weather of a desert, but without any of the sunlight, especially in the Southern Hemisphere-s winter months. The only positive left is temperatures, but that is thrown out the window when you realize the humidity is so high in the winter. According to Wikipedia, it surpasses that of New Orleans! I still can-t find any merits to that setup
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-MiPaisMiMundo
Lima is actually one of the cities with less difference between the maximum temperature in summer and the minimum temperature in winter. being one of the cities with less spectrum of temperature in al year aroud in Latinamerica, yet it has a wide range of mean temperature from winter to summer considering its latitude. And this is due to the lack of difference in temperature dailywise, but a wide difference yearlywise.
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Lima is actually one of the cities with less difference between the maximum temperature in summer and the minimum temperature in winter. being one of the cities with less spectrum of temperature in al year aroud in Latinamerica, yet it has a wide range of mean temperature from winter to summer considering its latitude. And this is due to the lack of difference in temperature dailywise, but a wide difference yearlywise.
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-richardtorres2676
Due to the unusual cooler ocean temperature for its latitude, the air near the coast and near the ground stays cooler than the air at near 900 meters, this is because the ocean temperature cools the air near the ground and produces an inversion in the temperature which also contributes to block the formation of rain clouds and accentuates the air pollution.
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Due to the unusual cooler ocean temperature for its latitude, the air near the coast and near the ground stays cooler than the air at near 900 meters, this is because the ocean temperature cools the air near the ground and produces an inversion in the temperature which also contributes to block the formation of rain clouds and accentuates the air pollution.
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fun-facts
Lima sounds a great deal like the Southern California coast in the summer. The 'June Gloom' was famous. And the daily weather forecast letting us know when the low clouds would retreat the coast. It was so frustrating living about 10km from the coast on a hot day and find the beach enveloped in clouds and cold by comparison.
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Lima sounds a great deal like the Southern California coast in the summer. The 'June Gloom' was famous. And the daily weather forecast letting us know when the low clouds would retreat the coast. It was so frustrating living about 10km from the coast on a hot day and find the beach enveloped in clouds and cold by comparison.
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-lucholopez2918
i don't agree. in every country in winter. like canada where i live, is cloudy mostly every day. in the summer lima is hot and is not cloudy. and another thing, on ly a part of lima's been con structed in a dessert, but most of lima is near the mountains and is not dessert. i know that because i've born in LIMA.
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i don't agree. in every country in winter. like canada where i live, is cloudy mostly every day. in the summer lima is hot and is not cloudy. and another thing, on ly a part of lima's been con structed in a dessert, but most of lima is near the mountains and is not dessert. i know that because i've born in LIMA.
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-MESSI-fx1ob
Hi love your videos, why is it that cities in the Southern Hemisphere with the same distance from the equator aren-t as cold as northern hemisphere cities with the same distance from the equator? Is it cause the southern continents have little land compared to the size of Eurasia or North America?
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Hi love your videos, why is it that cities in the Southern Hemisphere with the same distance from the equator aren-t as cold as northern hemisphere cities with the same distance from the equator? Is it cause the southern continents have little land compared to the size of Eurasia or North America?
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-Shovlaxnet
Fantastic video! I've always wondered about fog cities like this. I wonder if you've ever thought about looking into Salalah as well? A place with extremely low rainfall, but fog dense and thick enough during their -khareef- season that they support tropical-esque vegetation?
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Fantastic video! I've always wondered about fog cities like this. I wonder if you've ever thought about looking into Salalah as well? A place with extremely low rainfall, but fog dense and thick enough during their -khareef- season that they support tropical-esque vegetation?
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-slyseville5403
How big does a city have to be to be classified as a major city? I was shocked that Lima is the only one in a tropical desert and went searching the globe to prove it. Khartoum, Sudan is at 15 degrees north, is in bWh and has a metro of 5 million. Does it qualify?
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How big does a city have to be to be classified as a major city? I was shocked that Lima is the only one in a tropical desert and went searching the globe to prove it. Khartoum, Sudan is at 15 degrees north, is in bWh and has a metro of 5 million. Does it qualify?
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fun-facts
If you live in Lima Este you-ll have 6 months of sunshine and 6 months of cloudy weather, but if you live in Lima West in summer the fog is constant. Only in the months of March and April the number of days with fog decreases, but in May the whole city is cloudy again.
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If you live in Lima Este you-ll have 6 months of sunshine and 6 months of cloudy weather, but if you live in Lima West in summer the fog is constant. Only in the months of March and April the number of days with fog decreases, but in May the whole city is cloudy again.
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fun-facts
I live in Lima and we do receive sprinkles from time to time during summer months as the humidity in the Andes increases and that humidity gets transported by the trade winds towards the coast so we experience some quick showers but they're light and short-lived.
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I live in Lima and we do receive sprinkles from time to time during summer months as the humidity in the Andes increases and that humidity gets transported by the trade winds towards the coast so we experience some quick showers but they're light and short-lived.
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-lockdot2
Great video! Do you think you will cover the climate in La Paz Bolivia? It is a interesting climate. It is 12k ft elevation and is classified as a tundra apparently. Though the coldest month high is only 62F and the hottest month is only 67f. Its very odd.
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Great video! Do you think you will cover the climate in La Paz Bolivia? It is a interesting climate. It is 12k ft elevation and is classified as a tundra apparently. Though the coldest month high is only 62F and the hottest month is only 67f. Its very odd.
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-ErnestoCore
Excelent! And another interesting feature of this very foggy climate from May to November, is that the hills of the coast facing the ocean become really green with multiple plant species that remained dormant during the sunny months.
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Excelent! And another interesting feature of this very foggy climate from May to November, is that the hills of the coast facing the ocean become really green with multiple plant species that remained dormant during the sunny months.
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-arghakoley8560
Thanks for this video. I had always thought Lima has a peculiar climate. It's a desert city without the desert heat and very less sunlight hours compared to its tropical latitude.
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Thanks for this video. I had always thought Lima has a peculiar climate. It's a desert city without the desert heat and very less sunlight hours compared to its tropical latitude.
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-slurpii4669
I dont care about the grey sky, the only thing that upsets me is that there is little to no rain for months and when it rains, its just small drops of water, not even a real rainfall
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I dont care about the grey sky, the only thing that upsets me is that there is little to no rain for months and when it rains, its just small drops of water, not even a real rainfall
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fun-facts
I've heard that once you go to an altitude of more than 500 meters you'll be above the fog and it'll be sunny all year, how far from Lima is the closest spot with this altitude?
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I've heard that once you go to an altitude of more than 500 meters you'll be above the fog and it'll be sunny all year, how far from Lima is the closest spot with this altitude?
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-chrisaguais3397
Peru was not founded in 1535.
Peru was founded 28 July 1821, and for thousands of years before that various groups of People and Civilisations lived there.
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Peru was not founded in 1535.
Peru was founded 28 July 1821, and for thousands of years before that various groups of People and Civilisations lived there.
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-themetalmastah666
We also have that type of climate here in northern coastal cities like Arica and Iquique, since the conditions are almost the same. Great video as always.
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We also have that type of climate here in northern coastal cities like Arica and Iquique, since the conditions are almost the same. Great video as always.
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-Poquihuf
If Lima receives little rain because the land it is on is much hotter than the nearby ocean, why does East Asia receive a wet summer for the same reason?
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If Lima receives little rain because the land it is on is much hotter than the nearby ocean, why does East Asia receive a wet summer for the same reason?
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-harrytruman970
Very informative and well planned video's. I thought I knew so much about Geography but there's always something new to learn. Thanks Geodiode.
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Very informative and well planned video's. I thought I knew so much about Geography but there's always something new to learn. Thanks Geodiode.
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-PremierCCGuyMMXVI
This video was fascinating, thank you. Found the explanation of the physics behind the Lima, Peru fog really interesting.
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This video was fascinating, thank you. Found the explanation of the physics behind the Lima, Peru fog really interesting.
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-galedrive7711
Hot inland combined with cold ocean current. Almost every beach has this condition in the summer. Why is Lima so unique?
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Hot inland combined with cold ocean current. Almost every beach has this condition in the summer. Why is Lima so unique?
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-manchitas3531
When I visited Miraflores I remember not being able to do much until after 2 PM or so, when the fog eased up
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When I visited Miraflores I remember not being able to do much until after 2 PM or so, when the fog eased up
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-impemt
Trivia: you can see the sun every day in Lima during April, just at the end of summer and before the foggy season.
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Trivia: you can see the sun every day in Lima during April, just at the end of summer and before the foggy season.
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-rosskilley537
I never knew such an equatorial city had even less rain than Cairo, that is until I had watched this video.
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I never knew such an equatorial city had even less rain than Cairo, that is until I had watched this video.
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fun-facts
dude. pls make a video about climate and ancient civilisation. which climate is best for human civilisations.
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dude. pls make a video about climate and ancient civilisation. which climate is best for human civilisations.
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