Mexico's Climate

tropical wet

• 60 mm (2.4 in) of rain in every month of the year.
• This is the climate of the Gulf Coast Plain in southern Veracruz and Tabasco, Oaxaca and Chiapas highlands.

tropical wet-and-dry

• This region has dry winter months [less than 40 mm (1 in) of rain] and rainy summers [150 mm (6 in) of rain].
• This area goes from Nayarit along the Pacific coast, all the way to Guatemala, central and northern Veracruz.
• Most of the Yucatan Peninsula also has this tropical climate with summer rains.

Arid (desert)

• This region receives less than 250 mm (10 in) of rain a year and includes most of Baja California, western Sonora, and the northern section of the Central Plateau.
• These areas can experience frost and freezing during the winter.

Semiarid (dry steppe)

• Receives 250–750 mm (10–30 in) of rain a year.
• Located on most of the Central Plateau as well as western sections of the Western Sierra Madre and northern Yucatan.
• Rain falls mostly on the summer, and heavy thunderstorms are quite common.

temperate with dry winters

• Low nighttime temperatures in winter are typically around 5°C
• Highest temperatures usually reach about 35°C, but they may get to 40° C.
• Includes parts of Nuevo León and Tamaulipas, most of the Western Sierra Madre and many mountainous and volcanic areas in western, central and southern Mexico.
• Altitude affects rainfall amounts and seasonality.

humid subtropical zone

• Is more humid and gets rain throughout the year.
• The only areas of Mexico with this climate are the eastern slopes of the Eastern Sierra Madre and some parts of the southern mountain systems.

NORTH (SEMIARID AND ARID)

WEST AND CENTER (TROPICAL AND TEMPERATE)

EAST COAST AND SOUTH (TROPICAL WET)

Bibliography

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