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Has the climate in Gómez Palacio changed?

Gómez Palacio has warmed about 15.8°F between 1974 and 2020.

About 4.9°F per decade, measured from Gómez Palacio's official daily weather records, 1974–2020. Individual years still bounce around — some recent ones came in cool — but the long-term line has clearly risen.

Is that a lot? Gómez Palacio'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
4 fewer nights
1970s
4 / yr
Recent
0 / yr
Milder winters — fewer frosts
Average temperature
+15.1°F
1970s
60.9°F
Recent
76.0°F
A steady upward drift
Hot days above 90°F
93 more days
1970s
60 / yr
Recent
153 / yr
More days of serious heat
Rainy days
about the same
1970s
24 / yr
Recent
22 / yr
Rainfall pattern about the same

Gómez Palacio's temperature, year by year

Average temperature for each year from 1974 to 2020.

34°36°38°40°42°44°46°48°50°52°54°56°58°60°62°64°66°68°70°72°74°76°78°80°1974: 73.6°F1989: 74.5°F1990: 73.6°F1991: 35.2°F1992: 36.0°F1993: 36.9°F1994: 56.7°F1995: 75.2°F1996: 74.5°F1997: 72.9°F1998: 75.3°F1999: 74.8°F2000: 74.4°F2001: 74.7°F2002: 74.7°F2003: 74.3°F2004: 73.5°F2005: 75.3°F2006: 75.5°F2007: 75.1°F2008: 74.9°F2009: 75.9°F2010: 73.7°F2011: 75.7°F2012: 75.5°F2013: 73.6°F2015: 75.4°F2016: 76.2°F2017: 77.2°F2018: 76.1°F2019: 78.3°F2020: 78.0°Flong-term trend19741990200020102020
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 62 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°+5.0°+5.5°+6.0°+6.5°July: +6.4°F+6.4J

July has warmed the most — about 6.4°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 Presa Coyote, about 4 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →