# Saldaña in Tolima hits 39.6°C, highest temperature in Colombia on Saturday

Ideam reported the reading on September 5, with seven municipalities across five departments exceeding 38°C.

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The municipality of Saldaña in Tolima registered the highest temperature in Colombia on Saturday, September 5, reaching 39.6°C, according to the latest meteorological report from Colombia's Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales (Ideam).[^1]

Fredonia, Antioquia, recorded 39.4°C; Natagaima, Tolima, 39.2°C; Valledupar, Cesar, 39.0°C; Villavieja, Huila, and Ambalema, Tolima, each 38.6°C; and Urumita, La Guajira, 38.4°C in the same 24-hour period.[^1][^3]

For the following 24 hours, Ideam forecast mostly light to partly cloudy skies with significant precipitation accumulations in western and northwestern Colombia and in parts of the Amazon and Orinoquía regions, including departments such as La Guajira, Magdalena, Cesar, Bolívar, Chocó, Valle del Cauca, Antioquia, Risaralda, Caquetá, Putumayo and Amazonas.[^2]

## What this stands on

1. In its latest meteorological report, Colombia's Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales (Ideam) said that on Saturday, 5 September 2020, the municipality of Saldaña in Tolima registered the highest temperature in the country at 39.6°C, followed by Fredonia, Antioquia (39.4°C); Natagaima, Tolima (39.2°C); Valledupar, Cesar (39.0°C); Villavieja, Huila (38.6°C); Ambalema, Tolima (38.6°C); and Urumita, La Guajira (38.4°C). ([Semana - Últimas Noticias de Colombia y el Mundo](https://www.semana.com/deportes/articulo/calor-en-colombia-estos-son-los-municipios-que-registraron-temperaturas-superiores-a-los-38c-en-las-ultimas-horas-segun-ideam/202611/), News)
2. For the following 24 hours, Ideam forecast mostly light to partly cloudy skies with significant precipitation accumulations in western and northwestern Colombia and in parts of the Amazon and Orinoquía regions, specifically in departments including La Guajira, Magdalena, Cesar, Bolívar, Chocó, Valle del Cauca, Antioquia, Risaralda, Caquetá, Putumayo and Amazonas. ([Semana - Últimas Noticias de Colombia y el Mundo](https://www.semana.com/deportes/articulo/calor-en-colombia-estos-son-los-municipios-que-registraron-temperaturas-superiores-a-los-38c-en-las-ultimas-horas-segun-ideam/202611/), News)
3. Ideam reported that Fredonia, Antioquia, reached 39.4°C, Valledupar, Cesar, 39.0°C, Villavieja, Huila, 38.6°C, and Urumita, La Guajira, 38.4°C in the same 24-hour period. ([El Colombiano](https://www.elcolombiano.com/colombia/ola-de-calor-colombia-municipios-temperaturas-altas-ideam-GC40719359), News)
4. A territorial dispute between Barranquilla and Puerto Colombia has been reignited by a new technical report from the Instituto Geográfico Agustín Codazzi (Igac) presented to the Comisión de Ordenamiento Territorial (COT). ([ELHERALDO.CO](https://www.elheraldo.co/atlantico/2026/09/06/los-desencuentros-que-ha-generado-la-disputa-limitrofe-entre-bquilla-y-puerto-colombia/), News)

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