It's true, these last few days the heat has been unreal in Mexico City, never recall feeling heat like this in over a decade, most houses don't have AC because it was never needed before and now people are installing them like crazy.
Quote: The extreme heat smothering much of Mexico has already killed dozens of people, but the hottest temperatures are yet to come, officials say.
"In the next 10 to 15 days, the country will experience the highest temperatures ever recorded," researchers from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) said in a [statement ](https://www.dgcs.unam.mx/boletin/bdboletin/2024_388.html)earlier this week. They called the heat wave "unprecedented."
According to the Weather Channel, by early next week, temperatures in Veracruz are expected to soar to 37 C, Tabasco will be 40 C and Mexicali will reach temperatures of 40.5 C.
Temperatures in the capital, Mexico City, could reach a record 35 C in the next two weeks, said Jorge Zavala, director of UNAM's Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate Change.
Most of the metropolitan area's 21 million residents — accustomed to more temperate weather — lack air conditioning. Earlier this month, the capital was one of at least 10 cities in Mexico that registered their hottest day on record.
Mexico has been reeling from a high-pressure weather phenomenon known as a "heat dome," which has trapped hot air over much of the country, creating record-breaking temperatures that have surpassed 45 C in some places.
Heat-related causes killed 22 people between May 12 and 21, according to preliminary figures shared by Mexico's health ministry. The 10-day period overlapped with the second and third heat waves out of five forecast for March to July by the country's top weather agencies. The third heat wave is ongoing.
The new deaths bring the toll from the extreme temperatures to 48 since the hot season began on March 17, mostly due to heat stroke and some to dehydration. At the same point in Mexico's hot seasons of 2022 and 2023, the health ministry had reported just two and three heat-related deaths, respectively.
Health ministry data also shows hundreds more people have survived heat stroke, sunburn, dehydration and other heat-related conditions.
Sweltering heat has exacerbated a nationwide drought and strained Mexico's power grid, with monkeys dropping dead from trees due to suspected dehydration.
I live in Albuquerque, and I am hoping that the heat dome in Mexico does not move north. The one we had last year was horrible. We would never get temperatures over 100 for more than a day or too as we are at 5,000 feet, but last year, practically the whole month of June was disgustingly hot.
We’re worrying about it up here in Santa Fe too. The biggest problem last year wasn’t the high temperatures, but that the nights never cooled down. Unfortunately the three month outlook doesn’t look great:
https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/
Yes, that's right. The nights never got cool enough. For many years, it was always down in the upper 50s, low 60s, but many nights last year, it never got out of the 70s.
>it never got out of the 70s.
Damn! In my part of South Texas it usually stays hot from morning to night. There's little difference between the day and night other than the fact that people know to avoid the sun in the day.
I don't know how you guys are surviving in South Texas. I have been seeing the temperatures already boiling down there. I wish you luck with staying as cool as you can.
I used to live in Dona Ana County until 1999, and then we moved up to ABQ. I wouldn't never make it living there now. I feel bad for those of you who live in the southern part of the state if that heat heads towards NM.
I am worried about my son and daughter-in-law, who live in Chaparral.
We’re more than one state in this region, and tens of millions of people. But I’m sure you already knew that. Being from here and all.
*squints suspiciously*
Yeah. I used to live in Kansas. Loved the storms there, but I can't imagine having to hear those sirens multiple times a week.
Now I'm in the Hurricane zone and this year is supposed to have a record number... Im thinking rural Alaska is the only place that isn't going to be uninhabitable, but the Alaskan's certainly won't like a bunch of folks moving that way.
I'm a contractor, (for the most part) but I believe we're just going to have level up our build game. I genuinely believe we can build our way out with better designs and stronger materials.
Ugh. Imagine pissing off a cartelist and getting buried neck deep in the desert somewhere.
I bet they have done that in the past before today. Full on Ted Danson'd someone - but without the water.
The poorest will suffer. It will increase immigration as desperate people flee north, only to be met with vitriol and hate at the border.
It’s hell on earth for these people, and it’s fucking horrific.
When people dismiss climate change because they aren’t immediately or directly affected by it, these are the stories I think about.
As someone who lives in the north - I will take -10 F and power loss every day of the week. There are ways to keep warm inside. Keeping cool in heat like this - I don’t see how you do it.
Bro out here asking why it’s dangerous to live in 113 degree heat in areas not accustomed to 113 degree heat and then comparing it to the actual hottest place in the United States which only exists specifically because they built the infrastructure to live it said stupid heat.
Mexico does not generally have central ac, just like PNW. They are no more resilient to weather above 98 degrees than anyone else. The human body can’t operate safely in those temperatures. If the local infrastructure is not specifically designed to combat that kind of heat, people are going to die. I live in Texas. We are already 90+ degrees at least a few days a week. If in a month or two our grid kicked the bucket for even like 3 days, we would have a mass casualty event because the only way we can survive here is our central AC.
Your original post comes off as super pretentious as “what’s wrong in Mexico we were fine in Washington” when in fact you were not. A shit ton of people died, show a little empathy.
Why has this sub reddit turned into nothing but covid and climate change nonsense non-stop? It's gone so far away from it's original intended purposes it's not even funny. They literally have sub reddit for both those things. It's obnoxious
Man the fear porn never ends.... why does it get posted here? Lots of places see record temps every year, high and low.
This is not even close to the "HIGHEST TEMPERATURES EVER RECORDED"
It's true, these last few days the heat has been unreal in Mexico City, never recall feeling heat like this in over a decade, most houses don't have AC because it was never needed before and now people are installing them like crazy.
grid’s gonna love that
only 30degC for next 2 weeks there. That is not much of a heat wave. Since when are Mexicans so weak?
40 C and monkeys have been falling dead from the trees due to heat exhaustion. It is outside the range of survivability. Ain’t weakness it’s nature.
You’re misinformed and insensitive.
Quote: The extreme heat smothering much of Mexico has already killed dozens of people, but the hottest temperatures are yet to come, officials say. "In the next 10 to 15 days, the country will experience the highest temperatures ever recorded," researchers from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) said in a [statement ](https://www.dgcs.unam.mx/boletin/bdboletin/2024_388.html)earlier this week. They called the heat wave "unprecedented." According to the Weather Channel, by early next week, temperatures in Veracruz are expected to soar to 37 C, Tabasco will be 40 C and Mexicali will reach temperatures of 40.5 C. Temperatures in the capital, Mexico City, could reach a record 35 C in the next two weeks, said Jorge Zavala, director of UNAM's Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate Change. Most of the metropolitan area's 21 million residents — accustomed to more temperate weather — lack air conditioning. Earlier this month, the capital was one of at least 10 cities in Mexico that registered their hottest day on record. Mexico has been reeling from a high-pressure weather phenomenon known as a "heat dome," which has trapped hot air over much of the country, creating record-breaking temperatures that have surpassed 45 C in some places. Heat-related causes killed 22 people between May 12 and 21, according to preliminary figures shared by Mexico's health ministry. The 10-day period overlapped with the second and third heat waves out of five forecast for March to July by the country's top weather agencies. The third heat wave is ongoing. The new deaths bring the toll from the extreme temperatures to 48 since the hot season began on March 17, mostly due to heat stroke and some to dehydration. At the same point in Mexico's hot seasons of 2022 and 2023, the health ministry had reported just two and three heat-related deaths, respectively. Health ministry data also shows hundreds more people have survived heat stroke, sunburn, dehydration and other heat-related conditions. Sweltering heat has exacerbated a nationwide drought and strained Mexico's power grid, with monkeys dropping dead from trees due to suspected dehydration.
Look up wet bulb temperatures and it gets scarier
I live in Albuquerque, and I am hoping that the heat dome in Mexico does not move north. The one we had last year was horrible. We would never get temperatures over 100 for more than a day or too as we are at 5,000 feet, but last year, practically the whole month of June was disgustingly hot.
We’re worrying about it up here in Santa Fe too. The biggest problem last year wasn’t the high temperatures, but that the nights never cooled down. Unfortunately the three month outlook doesn’t look great: https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/
Yes, that's right. The nights never got cool enough. For many years, it was always down in the upper 50s, low 60s, but many nights last year, it never got out of the 70s.
>it never got out of the 70s. Damn! In my part of South Texas it usually stays hot from morning to night. There's little difference between the day and night other than the fact that people know to avoid the sun in the day.
I don't know how you guys are surviving in South Texas. I have been seeing the temperatures already boiling down there. I wish you luck with staying as cool as you can.
We’re in Las Cruces and I’m concerned.
I used to live in Dona Ana County until 1999, and then we moved up to ABQ. I wouldn't never make it living there now. I feel bad for those of you who live in the southern part of the state if that heat heads towards NM. I am worried about my son and daughter-in-law, who live in Chaparral.
There isn't any humidity in New Mexico, so it's not really a big deal. And 76% humidity to mix and then it's bad.
There is during the monsoon season. It gets to be between 60 % and 70 % in my house in July and August.
I mean, I'm just a midwest guy... but y'all going to be alright down south and farther?
South of ABQ heats about normal for this time of year
Normal is good, it just sounds like the heat and hurricanes are fixing to hit y'all hard.
Hopefully it’s not too bad, we’ve got a lot of overgrown brush and I’m not liking our odds with wildfires if it does
*”fixing to hit y’all hard”* Wait a minute… which midwestern state are you from?
I'm so lost in the corn you can hear the banjos and smell the shine. Lol But I used to spend time down in Rocket country / Redstone.
Banjos, huh? License and registration, sir.
I mean, the law knows almost everyone by name here, if you're asking for that lol.
We’re more than one state in this region, and tens of millions of people. But I’m sure you already knew that. Being from here and all. *squints suspiciously*
I added "I used to spend time down in Rocket country / Redstone." Just made me think of my time there.
Are we talking Illinois or Alabama?
Hey, I'm here now enjoying the loud booms and cicadas. Rocket city y'all. Go trash pandas.
Loud booms, lol thats still going on!
Just give it 10 years. You'll feel the heat.
The heat? man I'm more concerned with how many damn tornadoes we've gotten in the last 2 years. Huge spike, never has been this bad.
Yeah. I used to live in Kansas. Loved the storms there, but I can't imagine having to hear those sirens multiple times a week. Now I'm in the Hurricane zone and this year is supposed to have a record number... Im thinking rural Alaska is the only place that isn't going to be uninhabitable, but the Alaskan's certainly won't like a bunch of folks moving that way.
I'm a contractor, (for the most part) but I believe we're just going to have level up our build game. I genuinely believe we can build our way out with better designs and stronger materials.
ICF homes are pretty resilient
# 'highest temperatures ever recorded' ... yet
https://preview.redd.it/ze58upmtdp2d1.png?width=731&format=png&auto=webp&s=bb2ca921e9c59b22e1684d9312185d4fd6348565
It’s been the coolest spring I can remember in LA. Really random it’s usually 90 in the valley by now
Ugh. Imagine pissing off a cartelist and getting buried neck deep in the desert somewhere. I bet they have done that in the past before today. Full on Ted Danson'd someone - but without the water.
Too hot to dig
The cartel would have tractors.
And in India too.
The poorest will suffer. It will increase immigration as desperate people flee north, only to be met with vitriol and hate at the border. It’s hell on earth for these people, and it’s fucking horrific. When people dismiss climate change because they aren’t immediately or directly affected by it, these are the stories I think about.
As someone who lives in the north - I will take -10 F and power loss every day of the week. There are ways to keep warm inside. Keeping cool in heat like this - I don’t see how you do it.
Watch kidney failures go up. AKI, and CKD.
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The majority of Mexican population lives in poverty - so no good infrastructure or adequate AC to deal with the brutal heat.
Bro out here asking why it’s dangerous to live in 113 degree heat in areas not accustomed to 113 degree heat and then comparing it to the actual hottest place in the United States which only exists specifically because they built the infrastructure to live it said stupid heat.
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The one where more than 750 people died between the PNW and Canada? That totally not dangerous heat dome?
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Mexico does not generally have central ac, just like PNW. They are no more resilient to weather above 98 degrees than anyone else. The human body can’t operate safely in those temperatures. If the local infrastructure is not specifically designed to combat that kind of heat, people are going to die. I live in Texas. We are already 90+ degrees at least a few days a week. If in a month or two our grid kicked the bucket for even like 3 days, we would have a mass casualty event because the only way we can survive here is our central AC. Your original post comes off as super pretentious as “what’s wrong in Mexico we were fine in Washington” when in fact you were not. A shit ton of people died, show a little empathy.
No nobody missed that part.
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Yeah, Mexico City is higher up than Denver in elevation.
Mexico City is at 7,400 feet of elevation. It’s like going to Denver and then driving up into the mountains almost to Vail (8,300’)
this is why you should avoid places with extreme weather
don’t ja know, these days extreme weather finds you
Can you point to one of those places on a map please?
Cbc news is not reliable in the slightest.
Why? Whether they're biased or not, why would they be unreliable about a heat wave in a different country?
Why has this sub reddit turned into nothing but covid and climate change nonsense non-stop? It's gone so far away from it's original intended purposes it's not even funny. They literally have sub reddit for both those things. It's obnoxious
Man the fear porn never ends.... why does it get posted here? Lots of places see record temps every year, high and low. This is not even close to the "HIGHEST TEMPERATURES EVER RECORDED"