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Rare, Widespread Snow in the Atacama Desert

Back-to-back winter storms in August 2026 brought snowfall to northern Chile, from the Andes to near the Pacific coast.

August 27, 2026 1 min read Pressivio News Desk

Source: NASA

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Pressivio’s Science desk has added the source report “Rare, Widespread Snow in the Atacama Desert” to its international monitoring stream.

Back-to-back winter storms in August 2026 brought snowfall to northern Chile, from the Andes to near the Pacific coast.

Original source: NASA
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