Itatiaia National Park dawns with -9.5°C this Saturday Reproduction/Demilson Rodrigues The upper part of the Itatiaia National Park (RJ) dawned with negative temperatures after a weather station recorded -9.5°C this Saturday morning (18). The minimum was marked at 6 am by a meteorological station in the park, in Nascente do Campo Belo (RJ/MG), which appears on the meteorological station map of the National Institute of Meteorology (INMET). This week, the reserve broke records for two days in a row. On Wednesday morning (15), one of the local stations recorded the lowest temperature of the year in the Park after measuring -11.5°C. Trending videos on g1 ?Click here and join the g1 channel on WhatsApp In the early hours of Tuesday, the region woke up with negative temperatures after the same station recorded -11°C. Read also VIDEO: With -11°C, Itatiaia National Park breaks cold record and has a frozen lake 'Frozen' slipper and sheet of ice: Itatiaia National Park dawns at -11.5 ºC and breaks new cold record About Itatiaia Pico das Agulhas National Park, in Itatiaia National Park Saulo Vieira/ TV Globo Itatiaia National Park was created in June 1937 and was the first national park in the country, according to the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio). It is located in Serra da Mantiqueira - between the states of Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and close to the border with São Paulo. The limits reach the municipalities of Itatiaia (RJ), Resende (RJ), Itamonte (MG) and Bocaina de Minas (MG). Initially covering an area of ??approximately 12 thousand hectares, it was expanded to 28 thousand hectares in September 1982. The park is characterized by mountains and rocks, with Pico das Agulhas Negras being the highest point, with an altitude of 2,791.5 m - the fifth highest in the country. In 2017, for the reserve's 80th anniversary, the place received the Tiradentes Medal, the highest decoration granted by Alerj. VIDEOS: the news that aired on TV Rio Sul