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Has the climate in Irapuato changed?

Irapuato has warmed about 2.1°F between 1971 and 2012.

About 0.5°F per decade, measured from Irapuato'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? Irapuato'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
about the same
1970s
1 / yr
Recent
1 / yr
Winters about as cold as before
Average temperature
+1.5°F
1970s
66.6°F
Recent
68.1°F
A steady upward drift
Hot days above 90°F
20 more days
1970s
29 / yr
Recent
49 / yr
More days of serious heat
Rainy days
10 fewer days
1970s
71 / yr
Recent
61 / yr
Drier on average

Irapuato's temperature, year by year

Average temperature for each year from 1971 to 2012.

62°64°66°68°70°1971: 67.9°F1972: 69.9°F1973: 67.2°F1974: 65.5°F1975: 65.3°F1976: 65.3°F1977: 66.0°F1978: 65.9°F1979: 66.1°F1980: 67.1°F1981: 66.6°F1982: 67.6°F1983: 66.3°F1984: 66.2°F1985: 66.6°F1986: 66.8°F1987: 63.9°F1988: 67.1°F1989: 67.2°F1990: 66.6°F1991: 67.7°F1992: 66.6°F1993: 66.9°F1994: 68.9°F1995: 69.0°F1996: 68.2°F1997: 68.5°F1998: 69.7°F1999: 68.1°F2000: 69.0°F2001: 68.3°F2002: 68.4°F2003: 68.5°F2004: 67.6°F2005: 68.6°F2006: 69.1°F2007: 68.8°F2008: 67.8°F2009: 67.5°F2010: 65.8°F2011: 67.5°F2012: 68.9°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 11 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: +1.4°F+1.4JFebruary: +1.9°F+1.9FMarch: +1.1°F+1.1MApril: +1.4°F+1.4AMay: +1.1°F+1.1MJune: +0.6°F+0.6JJuly: +0.7°F+0.7JAugust: +0.6°F+0.6ASeptember: +0.5°F+0.5SOctober: +1.2°F+1.2ONovember: +1.3°F+1.3NDecember: +1.0°F+1.0D

February has warmed the most — about 1.9°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 Irapuato, about 2 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →