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Has the climate in Saltillo changed?

Saltillo has warmed about 4°F between 1971 and 2020.

About 0.8°F per decade, measured from Saltillo'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? Saltillo'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
1 fewer night
1970s
11 / yr
Recent
10 / yr
Milder winters — fewer frosts
Average temperature
+3.0°F
1970s
64.7°F
Recent
67.7°F
A steady upward drift
Hot days above 90°F
25 fewer days
1970s
40 / yr
Recent
15 / yr
Slightly fewer hot days
Rainy days
9 fewer days
1970s
63 / yr
Recent
54 / yr
Drier on average

Saltillo's temperature, year by year

Average temperature for each year from 1971 to 2020.

60°62°64°66°68°70°1971: 66.2°F1972: 66.6°F1973: 65.3°F1974: 66.1°F1975: 65.7°F1976: 63.6°F1977: 64.9°F1978: 63.9°F1979: 64.5°F1980: 65.7°F1981: 62.8°F1982: 65.2°F1983: 63.3°F1985: 63.9°F1986: 65.1°F1987: 62.6°F1988: 61.8°F1989: 63.5°F1990: 64.3°F1991: 62.8°F1992: 61.7°F1993: 63.6°F1994: 64.5°F1995: 63.8°F1996: 65.3°F1997: 64.0°F1998: 66.8°F1999: 66.6°F2000: 67.2°F2001: 66.0°F2002: 66.1°F2003: 67.4°F2004: 66.4°F2005: 67.1°F2006: 69.1°F2007: 67.3°F2008: 68.1°F2009: 68.5°F2010: 66.7°F2011: 69.4°F2012: 68.8°F2013: 66.7°F2014: 66.9°F2015: 66.8°F2016: 67.3°F2017: 68.0°F2018: 65.8°F2019: 68.1°F2020: 68.1°Flong-term trend197119801990200020102020
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 13 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: +0.7°F+0.7JFebruary: +2.5°F+2.5FMarch: +1.2°F+1.2MApril: +2.7°F+2.7AMay: +2.5°F+2.5MJune: +2.6°F+2.6JJuly: +1.5°F+1.5JAugust: +2.1°F+2.1ASeptember: +2.2°F+2.2SOctober: +2.8°F+2.8ONovember: +1.1°F+1.1NDecember: +0.8°F+0.8D

October has warmed the most — about 2.8°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 Saltillo (dge), about 6 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →