The streets of the municipality of Tacaná were covered with a layer of ice that looked like snow, which originated from heavy rain with hail. The images surprise the Central American region where this phenomenon is not common.
Guatemala it is characterized by a cool climate, but it is unusual for some of its landscapes to register such low temperatures that it can snow. In the last decade, due to climate change, the neighboring country has had some snowfall on the highest peaks of its mountains and volcanoes, thus surprising its own inhabitants. Yesterday (2021.01.05) it was also documented how the streets of St. Mark’s department were covered with a white mantle.
The Guatemalan media did not record this phenomenon as a snowfall, although in the photographs that went viral on social media there are roads covered by something very similar to snow. According to Mega Link Tv and Free Press what happened in the municipality of Tacaná (San Marcos, to 2,398 Msnm) was in fact a rain with much hail, which brought about an effect of a “great layer of snow “.
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Image of one of the streets of Tacaná, in the municipality of San Marcos. Photo Capture Facebook Federal Republic of Central America.
One of the last “big snowfalls” over Guatemala fell on Tajamulco volcano on December 19, 2009, accumulating about 20 cm of snow at the top of this volcano. The phenomenon recorded in Tacaná was not of great proportions, but it caught the attention of Guatemalan citizens, of the press and, of course, of other Central Americans who saw the postcards on the social networks Facebook and Twitter.
“What a beauty … !! It looks like the hurricanes sanitized the land in such a way that it has regained its border in its seasons.
“,” Congratulations sanmarqueños “,” And Ixchiguán has not fallen snow? A few years ago I was here, very cold, but they are beautiful places, greetings from Honduras “,” Snow 
“,” The snow from here to the United States 
went to fall here. Guatemala, blessed land, for God’s sake 
“These were some of the comments made by netizens.
A bus got stranded due to the layer of ice that formed on the road. Photo taken from Twitter @ soy_502 – Mega TV Link
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According to meteorologists, hail “originates when strong winds inside the cloud are attached and as it descends there is a cooling that freezes them, forming small or large balls of ice that fall from the sky during the rain. “. The hailstorm that was recorded in this area of Guatemala also affected some vehicles circulating in the area, a situation that was portrayed in the images published by Mega Enllaç TV and the web portal soy502.com.
It looks like a landscape of the United States or Canada, but it’s Guatemala. Explanation of the half Mega Link TV about what made it look like snow. Photo Capture Facebook Mega Link TV @ Canal6TG
We share the images of this hailstorm that put on the international radar in this Guatemalan municipality.
Some people helping to clear the road so they can travel. Photo taken from Facebook @ Canal6TG Mega TV link. Channel 6 Tacaná, San Marc