Myth or reality? The storm of Santa Rosa would arrive this thursday

At the heart of an unusual heat wave, with temperatures exceeding 25 degrees in the middle of August, a strong storm would rise this Thursday, which would bring cold to the city and many are already attributed at the famous "Santa Rosa".

Thursday, thunderstorms and isolated rains are expected throughout the day, moderate winds from the south and temperatures between 17 and 20 degrees.

What does the legend say?

The myth of the Santa Rosa storm states that in the five days before and after August 30, the the highest rains of each year, although weather studies have shown that this does not happen.

The legend dates back to 1615"Ciudad de Los Reyes", religious of Blessed Rosa – Isabel Flores de Oliva, 1586/1617 – led a rogativa of a church before the possible landing of pirate ships The Dutch who had already attacked the nearby port of El Callao.

Without notice, a big storm prevented the boats they are approaching the land and so the city of Lima was safe.

For this reason, believers began to attribute Rosa's mystical power to the presence of the storm and the flight of pirates.

The myth of the Santa Rosa storm has kept a great root in Argentina, especially in the Río de la Plata region, in Córdoba and in the Cuyo region. Anyway, meteorologists have done Studies that deny that the storms triggered during this period are the most intense.

A statistical badysis carried out for the city of Buenos Aires between 1870 and 2004 revealed that in only 12% of cases, storms were verified between the previous five days and five days after August 30th.