Mexico City: the weather forecast for March 11

Coat and umbrella or light clothes and cap? If you don’t know what outfit to go out with this Saturday, here it is weather forecast for the next few hours in Mexico City.

Saturday’s weather in Mexico City will reach 29 degrees, while the minimum temperature It will be 12 degrees. The expected UV index is 10.

As for the rain the probability of precipitation for the said city it will be 1%, with a cloudiness of 23%, during the day; and 2%, with 10% cloudiness, throughout the night.

During this time, wind gusts will reach 35 kilometers per hour during the day and 33 kilometers per hour at night.

One would think that because of its geographical location and size, Mexico City would have a uniform subtropical climate but this is not the casesince it has climates that range from temperate to cold humid and alpine tundra in the highest part of the south.

In general, the climate is warm and temperate in CDMX and varies on average between 22 and 27 degrees; Summers are characterized by a good amount of rainfall, with June, August and September being the months with the most rainfall.

During the winter, temperatures generally drop to zero degrees in the higher areas of the periphery, such as the I adjust; on the other hand, town halls such as Iztacalco, Iztapalapa, Venustiano Carranza and Gustavo A. Madero These are generally the driest and most temperate.

Between the historical documents We know that the last time it snowed in the city was in 1967; while the highest temperature was recorded on May 9, 1998, when the thermometer rose to 33.9 degrees, while the minimum was -10 degrees recorded on December 10, 1972.

Because of climate change the capital is hard hit by constant environmental contingencies, which is why currently the Ministry of the Environment (Sedema), in alliance with the German Cooperation for Sustainable Development (GIZ Mexico) and the Mexico Climate Initiative (ICM) , set up a series of actions that revolve around integrated and sustainable mobility; city ​​of the sun; Zero waste; sustainable water management and river rescue; revegetation of the countryside and the city; air quality and climate culture.

Mexico is one of the countries with the greatest biodiversity in the world, because due to its geographical location What gives it such a wide variety of climates is that it is home to 12% of the world’s species (12,000 of which are endemic).

The country is located in two completely different areas as it is crossed by the Tropic of Cancer: on the one hand there is the tropical zone and on the other with a temperate climate, however, these are intermingled by the oceans and the reliefs that surround Mexico, giving rise to more weather.

Given this, it is not surprising to find that in the highest parts of Chihuahua temperatures are around -30 degrees, while in the Mexicali desert the thermometer reaches up to 50 degrees.

The country has a hot and rainy zone which includes the lower coastal plain of the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific; warm-humid and warm sub-humid regions found in the coastal plains of the Gulf of Mexico, the Pacific Ocean, the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, northern Chiapas and the Yucatan Peninsula; dry climate in the Western and Eastern Sierra Madre, the upper basins of the Balsas and Papaloapan rivers, parts of the isthmus of tehuantepec, Yucatan and Chiapas; the temperate zones, mainly the territory north of the Tropic of Cancer; and semi-desert, north of the Altiplano.

The average weather in the country is 19 degrees, however, there are cities like Mexicali, Culiacán, Ciudad Juárez, Hermosillo, Torreón, Saltillo or Monterrey where the high temperatures are really extreme.

When we talk about the maximum and minimum temperature records in Mexico, we have to San Luis Rio Coloradoa city located in Sonora but bordering the Baja California Great Altar Desert, rose to the 58.5 degrees July 6, 1966; On the other hand, the minimum temperature was recorded on December 27, 1997 in the Municipality of Madero in Chihuahua, with -25 degrees.

Experts say that due to climate change, Mexico will experience a decrease in annual rainfall and a considerable increase in temperatures in the future; In addition, there have been major effects on farmers and herders due to the severe droughts or floods recent years; while in hot weather there has been an increase in the number of environmental hazards in major metropolises such as CDMX or Monterrey.