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Has the climate in Cuauhtémoc changed?

Cuauhtémoc has warmed about 3.8°F between 1971 and 2003.

About 1.4°F per decade, measured from Cuauhtémoc's official daily weather records, 1971–2003. Individual years still bounce around — some recent ones came in cool — but the long-term line has clearly risen.

Is that a lot? Cuauhtémoc's climate has warmed faster than most other cities in Mexico.

What has actually changed

Each card compares the 1970s (the first ten years of the record) with recent years (the last ten) — the same span the headline and the chart use.

Freezing nights
19 fewer nights
1970s
105 / yr
Recent
86 / yr
Milder winters — fewer frosts
Average temperature
+2.8°F
1970s
56.0°F
Recent
58.8°F
A steady upward drift
Hot days above 90°F
33 more days
1970s
8 / yr
Recent
41 / yr
More days of serious heat
Rainy days
17 more days
1970s
57 / yr
Recent
74 / yr
Wetter on average

Cuauhtémoc's temperature, year by year

Average temperature for each year from 1971 to 2003.

53°55°57°59°61°1971: 58.5°F1972: 56.7°F1973: 56.7°F1974: 56.2°F1975: 55.0°F1976: 54.1°F1977: 56.4°F1978: 55.8°F1979: 54.7°F1980: 55.2°F1981: 54.8°F1982: 57.0°F1983: 55.5°F1985: 56.0°F1986: 56.4°F1987: 55.2°F1988: 56.7°F1989: 57.9°F1990: 57.4°F1991: 56.5°F1992: 56.5°F1993: 58.1°F1994: 59.9°F1995: 59.4°F1996: 61.0°F2000: 60.2°F2003: 60.2°Flong-term trend19711980199020002003
a warmer-than-average year a cooler-than-average year

Each bar is one year. Most recent years sit above the older ones. Some recent years still came in cool — warming is a slope, not a straight climb.

In day-to-day terms, that long-term shift shows up as about 15 fewer freezing nights a year and about 17 more days above 90°F compared with the 1970s.

When in the year the change shows up

How much warmer each month is now than in the 1970s. Useful if you garden or care about a particular season — otherwise the headline above already has the answer.

0.0°+0.5°+1.0°+1.5°+2.0°+2.5°+3.0°+3.5°+4.0°+4.5°January: +1.6°F+1.6JFebruary: +1.9°F+1.9FMarch: +1.3°F+1.3MApril: +2.1°F+2.1AMay: +3.7°F+3.7MJune: +4.3°F+4.3JJuly: +2.9°F+2.9JAugust: +3.2°F+3.2ASeptember: +3.0°F+3.0SOctober: +3.9°F+3.9ONovember: +3.1°F+3.1NDecember: +1.4°F+1.4D

June has warmed the most — about 4.3°F. The warming runs across the whole year, not just one season.

Methodology & sources

Temperature — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from CONAGUA / SMN, Mexico's national weather service, measured at Bachiniva, about 56 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →