Monday marks the first day of another heat wave in Mexico, which is forecast to bring temperatures above 45 degrees Celsius in some parts of the country.
According to Mexico’s National Meteorological Service (SMN), the states most affected by the year’s third heat wave will be Baja California Sur, Campeche, Coahuila, Guerrero, Michoacán, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz and Yucatán. These states could see temperatures surpass 45 C.
Consulta en el siguiente video, las condiciones de cielo y #Temperaturas máximas previstas para esta tarde, en diferentes regiones de #México. pic.twitter.com/PFO67Oaosu
— CONAGUA Clima (@conagua_clima) May 20, 2024
Meanwhile, Baja California, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Colima, Durango, northern Hidalgo, Jalisco, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla and Quintana Roo will see temperatures ranging between 40 and 45 C.
Aguascalientes, southwest México state, Guanajuato, Querétaro and Zacatecas will see temperatures hover between 35 and 40 C. Only Mexico City and Tlaxcala will escape the highest temps — those states will see maximums between 30 and 35 C.
This season’s heat waves have brought record temperatures across the country. During Mexico’s second heat wave earlier this month, the highest temperature registered nationwide was 49.6 C, in Gallinas, San Luis Potosí. Ten cities nationwide broke their highest temperature records on May 9, and there have been at least a dozen heat-related deaths.
Due to the scorching temperatures, officials have warned residents to avoid prolonged exposure and to stay hydrated, paying special attention to chronically ill people, children and older adults.
However, some regions will get some relief with rainfall in the forecast this week.
Heavy rains are expected in Chiapas and Oaxaca, while scattered showers are forecast in Guerrero, Michoacán, Morelos and Zacatecas. Aguascalientes could see isolated rainfall, as well as Baja California, Campeche, Mexico City, Coahuila, Durango, State of México, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Puebla, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosí, Tabasco, Veracruz and Yucatán.
Strong winds are also in the forecast for some regions.
Campeche and Yucatán will see gusts ranging between 60 to 80 km/h with dust devils likely on the coasts. Dust devils are also expected to appear in northern and central states.
According to the SMN, between 2017 and 2023, the earliest heat wave arrived in February while the latest occurred in June. The months of April and May registered peak heat wave activity: 71.4% of the heat waves in Mexico occurred during these two spring months.
With reports from Meteo Red
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Its time to take global warming seriously. We have cities in Mexico breaking their high temperature records from last year by many degrees and there has been an absolute lack of rain in many states as well. Dams, and lakes are drying up, cattle have no water and food. Many cities in Mexico may become uninhabitable if the global temperature situation continues in the years to come.
Global warming is a myth. We are in the depths of El Nino, look it up. Not to mention record breaking sun flares. All humans on earth can account for maybe 1-2% of climate change, while the Sun accounts for the rest. Talk to the Sun if you want cooler weather. It is good that next month La Nina takes over along with more normal temperatures. Global warming is religion not science. Just look up the Artic and Antarctic ice caps they are growing.
So according to you, greenhouse gases have no effect on gloable climate, which the majority of scientists agree is true? Wishful thinking that the Artic ice caps are growing. Maybe once you have lived in Mexico long enough you will be able to notice the difference in maximum temperatures year by year. What I see where I live are empty dams and dry riverbeds that used to contain precious water for the population. El niño y La niña have been around for a long time. They in no way explain the record temperatures being experienced the past two years. Summers are coming earlier and lasting longer.
What are plans to help stop or slow global warming?
It’s impossible to get people like him to see reality, but let me try a reverse explanation: we know the Earth went thru heating/cooling cycles for millennia. But NEVER has there been a time where billions of tons of carbon were poured into the atmosphere by non-natural (that is, man-made) sources. We also know this carbon collects in the atmosphere, forming an insulating blanket that holds heat in, counteracting that delicate balance the Earth always had before. So the question really is, how could we NOT have a warming planet with the consequences of climate change, loss of Arctic and Antarctic ice, melting of glaciers and warmer oceans? Anything else just makes no sense. (And I see it every day–our Gulf of Mexico beach is a good 30 meters narrower than it was 5 years ago; the Gulf is rising.)
I agree with William Mullins that the global warming hype, is exactly that. Its a PSYOP to get the masses conditioned to think fossil fuels are bad, wind, solar and electric good. Problem is we don’t have the capacity to provide all that clean electricity and it can be unreliable with all the additional stress on the grid. We in the West are being brainwashed to think we can solve the problem which Mother Nature has handed to the world for centuries.
Our wise (not so) leader in the west want us to make the sacrifice while China, one of the worlds biggest culprits releasing greenhouse gases ramps up their coal burning in order to supply the additional need for electricity.
Yes this is the tail end of the hotter Nino cycle and we are due for a change with the approaching La Nina cycle and yes the sun flares this year are deemed an X8.7, with the X-class denoting the most intense flares possible. Continue to buy your Tesla and good luck when the power grid fails. I’ll stick with my gas powered VW made in Mexico and buy my gas from Pemex as I travel through this beautiful country.
Some people are so stubbornly myopic they could probably sit in a small room choked with cigar smoke and proclaim that they are enjoying it and everyone else should be too. Careful where you drive in this beautiful land and elsewhere in the world, you may fall off the edge of the earth.