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Has the climate in Dolores Hidalgo changed?

Dolores Hidalgo has warmed about 3.2°F between 1971 and 2012.

About 0.8°F per decade, measured from Dolores Hidalgo's official daily weather records, 1971–2012. Individual years still bounce around — some recent ones came in cool — but the long-term line has clearly risen.

Is that a lot? Dolores Hidalgo's warming is broadly in line with other cities in Mexico — neither unusually fast nor unusually slow.

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
9 fewer nights
1970s
20 / yr
Recent
11 / yr
Milder winters — fewer frosts
Average temperature
+2.0°F
1970s
63.1°F
Recent
65.1°F
A steady upward drift
Hot days above 90°F
26 more days
1970s
26 / yr
Recent
52 / yr
More days of serious heat
Rainy days
3 fewer days
1970s
54 / yr
Recent
51 / yr
Drier on average

Dolores Hidalgo's temperature, year by year

Average temperature for each year from 1971 to 2012.

60°62°64°66°68°1971: 61.7°F1972: 62.9°F1973: 62.7°F1974: 62.5°F1975: 62.5°F1976: 62.0°F1977: 62.9°F1978: 63.1°F1979: 63.4°F1980: 64.2°F1981: 63.3°F1982: 64.2°F1983: 64.5°F1984: 64.0°F1985: 64.3°F1986: 64.3°F1987: 64.2°F1988: 64.8°F1989: 64.4°F1990: 64.4°F1991: 64.4°F1992: 62.9°F1993: 63.9°F1994: 64.9°F1995: 65.2°F1996: 64.2°F1997: 64.3°F1998: 65.6°F1999: 63.5°F2000: 64.4°F2001: 64.0°F2002: 64.2°F2003: 64.4°F2004: 65.6°F2005: 67.0°F2006: 66.6°F2007: 66.0°F2008: 65.6°F2009: 66.8°F2010: 63.7°F2011: 65.1°F2012: 65.1°Flong-term trend197119801990200020102012
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 5 fewer freezing nights a year and about 15 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°January: +0.9°F+0.9JFebruary: +1.7°F+1.7FMarch: +1.2°F+1.2MApril: +1.8°F+1.8AMay: +1.0°F+1.0MJune: +1.2°F+1.2JJuly: +1.2°F+1.2JAugust: +1.3°F+1.3ASeptember: +1.1°F+1.1SOctober: +1.1°F+1.1ONovember: +0.5°F+0.5NDecember: +0.5°F+0.5D

April has warmed the most — about 1.8°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 Dolores Hidalgo (smn), about 2 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →