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Has the climate in San Mateo Atenco changed?

San Mateo Atenco has warmed about 4.7°F between 1974 and 2020.

About 1.1°F per decade, measured from San Mateo Atenco'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? San Mateo Atenco'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
42 fewer nights
1970s
96 / yr
Recent
54 / yr
Milder winters — fewer frosts
Average temperature
+3.3°F
1970s
53.2°F
Recent
56.5°F
A steady upward drift
Hot days above 90°F
about the same
1970s
0 / yr
Recent
0 / yr
About the same number of heat days
Rainy days
11 fewer days
1970s
110 / yr
Recent
99 / yr
Drier on average

San Mateo Atenco's temperature, year by year

Average temperature for each year from 1974 to 2020.

51°53°55°57°59°1974: 52.5°F1975: 52.2°F1976: 52.5°F1977: 52.6°F1978: 54.1°F1979: 53.7°F1980: 54.2°F1981: 53.4°F1982: 53.5°F1983: 53.3°F1984: 52.7°F1985: 52.7°F1986: 53.2°F1987: 53.7°F1989: 53.5°F1991: 54.4°F1992: 53.3°F1993: 54.5°F1994: 55.1°F1995: 55.8°F1996: 54.9°F1997: 55.5°F1998: 56.3°F1999: 54.4°F2000: 54.5°F2001: 54.0°F2002: 54.9°F2003: 56.2°F2004: 55.0°F2005: 56.6°F2006: 54.8°F2007: 55.8°F2008: 55.6°F2009: 56.5°F2010: 56.3°F2011: 55.9°F2012: 56.0°F2013: 56.6°F2014: 56.0°F2015: 56.5°F2016: 57.0°F2017: 56.5°F2018: 57.1°F2019: 58.4°F2020: 58.9°Flong-term trend19741980200020102020
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 23 fewer freezing nights a year 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: +2.0°F+2.0JFebruary: +2.9°F+2.9FMarch: +2.1°F+2.1MApril: +2.5°F+2.5AMay: +1.8°F+1.8MJune: +1.7°F+1.7JJuly: +1.9°F+1.9JAugust: +2.0°F+2.0ASeptember: +2.1°F+2.1SOctober: +2.2°F+2.2ONovember: +2.3°F+2.3NDecember: +1.7°F+1.7D

February 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 Calixtlahuaca, about 18 km from the city centre.

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