Wet season (May-October) temperature (°C) trend over 1951-2010 period. Source: NASA GISS.

Wet season (May-October) temperature (°C) trend over 1951-2010 period. Source: NASA GISS

Wet season (May-October) temperature (°C) trend over 1951-2010 period. Source: NASA GISS

City Wet Season (May-Oct.) Average Temperature

Wet Season (May-Oct.) Average Precipitation

Puebla 16.69°C 108 mm/month

Mexico City 17.16°C 92 mm/month

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Precipitation trend for stations in and within 100 km of the state of Veracruz, have at least 59 years worth of records, 85% complete, and run through 2000, for 1977-2008. Source: Dr. Saúl Miranda Alonso, Centro de Estudios Climatológicos, Secretaría de Protección Civil, Gobierno del Estado de Veracruz, using data from Unidad del Servicio Meteorológico Nacional.

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Stations with statistically significant summer (JJA) daily maximum temperature trends over 1970-2004 period. Positive trends orange, negative trends blue. Triangles indicate urban stations. Source: Pavia et al. 2009, Int. J. Climatol.

Ensemble average (from 17 different climate models in CMIP3 dataset) May difference in 2-m air temperature between A1B (2061-2090) minus 20th century (1961-1990). Source: Rauscher et al. 2008, Clim. Dyn.

Ensemble average (from 17 different climate models in CMIP3 dataset) summer (JJA) percent difference in precipitation between A1B (2061-2090) minus 20th century (1961-1990). Source: Rauscher et al. 2008, Clim. Dyn.

Number of models with A1B (2061-2090) minus 20C (1961-1990) ensemble average precipitation differences greater than (less than) 0.1 (-0.1) mm day-1 in green (brown). Source: Rauscher et al. 2008, Clim. Dyn.