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Has the climate in Cuernavaca changed?

Cuernavaca has warmed about 6.3°F between 1972 and 2020.

About 1.6°F per decade, measured from Cuernavaca's official daily weather records, 1972–2020. Individual years still bounce around — some recent ones came in cool — but the long-term line has clearly risen.

Is that a lot? Cuernavaca'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
about the same
1970s
0 / yr
Recent
0 / yr
Winters about as cold as before
Average temperature
+5.0°F
1970s
70.2°F
Recent
75.3°F
A steady upward drift
Hot days above 90°F
1 more day
1970s
18 / yr
Recent
19 / yr
More days of serious heat
Rainy days
45 fewer days
1970s
100 / yr
Recent
55 / yr
Drier on average

Cuernavaca's temperature, year by year

Average temperature for each year from 1972 to 2020.

67°69°71°73°75°77°79°1972: 68.2°F1973: 68.9°F1974: 69.0°F1975: 68.6°F1976: 68.8°F1977: 69.4°F1978: 69.4°F1979: 69.8°F1980: 70.3°F1991: 73.1°F1992: 70.5°F1993: 73.4°F1994: 73.7°F1995: 72.7°F1996: 72.5°F1997: 73.1°F1998: 75.0°F1999: 73.3°F2000: 74.2°F2001: 73.7°F2002: 75.0°F2003: 75.0°F2004: 75.2°F2005: 77.4°F2006: 76.1°F2007: 77.3°F2008: 76.6°F2009: 77.1°F2010: 76.4°F2011: 76.5°F2012: 73.9°F2013: 75.0°F2014: 74.0°F2015: 74.2°F2016: 74.4°F2017: 73.9°F2018: 74.1°F2019: 75.8°F2020: 76.5°Flong-term trend19721980200020102020
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 8 more days above 90°F compared with the 1970s.

Methodology & sources

Temperature — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from CONAGUA / SMN, Mexico's national weather service, measured at Cuernavaca (dge), inside the city.

How we build these numbers →