See the 10 capitals with the longest period without rain in Brazil

Brazil is experiencing one of its most severe drought periods. Much of the country is covered in smoke from forest fires. Some Brazilian capitals are experiencing almost 150 days of rain. This is the case of Belo Horizonte, Brasília and Goiânia, which are on the “podium” of cities without precipitation for the longest time, according to the National Institute of Meteorology (Inmet).

This Friday (13), Belo Horizonte has been 147 days without rain, followed by Brasilia with 143, and Goiania with 141.

See the list of the 10 capitals with the longest period without rain in Brazil:

• Belo Horizonte (MG) – 147 days
• Brasilia (DF) – 143 days
• Goiania (GO) – 141 days
• Cuiabá (MT) – 118 days
• Palmas (TO) – 116 days
• Teresina (PI) – 57 days
• Sao Luis (MA) – 45 days
• Fortaleza (SC) – 24 days
• São Paulo (SP) – 16 days (measurement taken at Mirante de Santana)
• Manaus – 6 days

Brazil is experiencing one of its most severe periods of drought. Much of the country is covered in smoke from forest fires.

Air quality

Air quality reached alarming conditions this Friday (13) in capitals of different Brazilian regions.

Around 11:30 am, the CNN consulted the Air Quality Index (AQI), the largest free platform of information on air conditions around the world.

The data produced by IQAir is used by the world press, organizations such as Greenpeace and even the United Nations (UN).

In the IQAir classification, numerical indexes are used to determine air quality in real time in cities. Understand:

• 0 to 50 – Good
• 51 to 100 – Moderate
• 101 to 150 – Unhealthy for sensitive groups (e.g., people with chronic respiratory diseases)
• 151 to 200 – Unhealthy for all audiences
• 201 to 300 – Very Unhealthy
• from 301 – Dangerous

The city of Porto Velho, in Rondônia, is the most polluted capital this morning, with air classified as “very unhealthy” in the parameters listed above.

Florianópolis, Porto Alegre, Campo Grande, Cuiabá and Rio Branco have air quality considered “unhealthy”. In São Paulo, the air is not considered healthy for sensitive audiences.

See the air quality in the capitals:

Southeast

• Belo Horizonte – 64
• Rio de Janeiro – 71
• Sao Paulo – 126
• Victory – 37

South

• Curitiba – 107
• Florianopolis – 158
• Porto Alegre – 155

Midwest

• Brasilia – 25
• Campo Grande – 181
• Cuiaba – 166
• Goiania – 71

North East

• Aracaju – 44
• Fortress – 13
• John Person – 29
• Maceio – 69
• Christmas – 41
• Recife – 11
• Salvador – 52
• Saint Louis – 36
• Teresina – 55

North

• Old Port – 207
• White River – 152
• Manaus – 66
• Boa Vista – 46
• Bethlehem – 37
• Macapa – 27
• Palmas – 17

(*With information from Bruno Laforé)

This content was originally published in See the 10 capitals with the longest period without rain in Brazil on the CNN Brasil website.

Source: CNN Brasil