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Has the climate in Ciudad Constitución changed?

Ciudad Constitución has warmed about 4.8°F between 1971 and 2020.

About 1.1°F per decade, measured from Ciudad Constitución's official daily weather records, 1971–2020. Individual years still bounce around — some recent ones came in cool — but the long-term line has clearly risen.

Is that a lot? Ciudad Constitución'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
+3.4°F
1970s
70.9°F
Recent
74.3°F
A steady upward drift
Hot days above 90°F
34 fewer days
1970s
163 / yr
Recent
129 / yr
Slightly fewer hot days
Rainy days
about the same
1970s
12 / yr
Recent
12 / yr
Rainfall pattern about the same

Ciudad Constitución's temperature, year by year

Average temperature for each year from 1971 to 2020.

66°68°70°72°74°76°78°1971: 71.1°F1972: 72.8°F1973: 67.8°F1974: 70.2°F1975: 68.2°F1976: 70.0°F1977: 71.5°F1978: 72.1°F1979: 70.4°F1980: 72.6°F1981: 72.3°F1982: 68.9°F1983: 72.6°F1984: 72.8°F1985: 71.0°F1986: 72.0°F1987: 69.7°F1988: 70.7°F1989: 73.2°F1990: 72.0°F1991: 70.3°F1992: 72.5°F1993: 71.8°F1994: 72.8°F1995: 73.3°F1996: 73.4°F1997: 73.6°F1998: 72.7°F1999: 72.1°F2000: 73.1°F2001: 72.7°F2002: 72.7°F2007: 72.3°F2008: 72.9°F2009: 72.5°F2012: 73.0°F2013: 72.3°F2014: 76.0°F2015: 76.9°F2016: 76.0°F2017: 76.1°F2018: 76.3°F2019: 74.5°F2020: 76.4°Flong-term trend19711980199020002020
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 28 fewer 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°January: +2.1°F+2.1JFebruary: +2.7°F+2.7FMarch: +2.9°F+2.9MApril: +1.9°F+1.9AMay: +2.4°F+2.4MJune: +1.9°F+1.9JJuly: +2.0°F+2.0JAugust: +2.0°F+2.0ASeptember: +1.5°F+1.5SOctober: +1.8°F+1.8ONovember: +1.9°F+1.9NDecember: +1.3°F+1.3D

March has warmed the most — about 2.9°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 Villa Constitucion, inside the city.

How we build these numbers →