Weather forecast: expected temperatures in Tijuana on February 16

In times of climate change, a hot summer day can quickly turn into pouring rain that causes flooding within minutes, so it’s increasingly common for people to try to prepare for temperature swings.

Below is the weather forecast expected in the next few hours for Tijuana:

In Tijuana, it is expected a maximum temperature of 18 degrees Celsius and a minimum of 5 degrees Celsius.

As for the rain the probability of precipitation for this city will be 0% during the day and 0% at night.

In the same direction, the cloudiness will be 18% during the day and 25% at night. While the gusts of wind they will reach 22 kilometers per hour during the day and 22 kilometers per hour at night.

Tijuanaone of the main cities of Baja California, has a semi-arid climate characterized by dry, temperate to hot summers and mild, wet winters. The average annual temperature is 17.5 degrees.

Due to its access to the Pacific Ocean and proximity to California, its coasts are cold in summer and warm in winter; likewise, precipitation is less abundant and occurs due to cold fronts or thunderstorms generated between November and April.

From autumn to spring, it is common for the phenomenon known as “Santa Ana Winds”characterized by strong, dry and hot winds that blow from the mountains to the sea and which can cause heat waves above 30 degrees.

Mexico is one of the countries with the greatest biodiversity in the world, because due to its geographical location What makes it worthy of 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 range from -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 lowest temperature was recorded on December 27, 1997 in the Municipality of Madero in Chihuahua, with -25 degrees.

Experts assure that due to climate change, the country will in the future experience a decrease in annual rainfall and a considerable increase in temperatures; 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 cities such as CDMX or Monterrey.