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Has the climate in Zacapu changed?

Zacapu has cooled about 0.8°F between 1982 and 2012.

About 0.7°F per decade, measured from Zacapu's official daily weather records, 1982–2012. Individual years still bounce around — some recent ones came in cool — but the long-term line has clearly risen.

Is that a lot? Zacapu's climate has warmed more slowly 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
19 more nights
1970s
39 / yr
Recent
58 / yr
Colder winters — more frosts
Average temperature
−3.0°F
1970s
58.3°F
Recent
55.3°F
A small downward drift
Hot days above 90°F
4 more days
1970s
0 / yr
Recent
4 / yr
More days of serious heat
Rainy days
12 fewer days
1970s
111 / yr
Recent
99 / yr
Drier on average

Zacapu's temperature, year by year

Average temperature for each year from 1982 to 2012.

51°53°55°57°59°61°1982: 58.8°F1983: 58.0°F1984: 58.2°F1985: 58.3°F1989: 59.1°F1991: 59.6°F1997: 57.4°F2009: 61.0°F2010: 52.1°F2011: 57.5°F2012: 56.4°Flong-term trend198220102012
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 3 more 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°+3.5°+4.0°+4.5°+5.0°+5.5°+6.0°+6.5°+7.0°+7.5°+8.0°+8.5°+9.0°+9.5°+10.0°+10.5°January: +8.5°F+8.5JFebruary: +9.8°F+9.8FMarch: +9.6°F+9.6MApril: +10.2°F+10.2AMay: +9.9°F+9.9MJune: +7.8°F+7.8JJuly: +7.1°F+7.1JAugust: +6.5°F+6.5ASeptember: +6.2°F+6.2SOctober: +7.6°F+7.6ONovember: +7.9°F+7.9NDecember: +8.4°F+8.4D

April has warmed the most — about 10.2°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 Jimenez Ii, about 13 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →