Category: Heat waves affecting Mexico

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Event type: Heat wave

Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference):

• Mexico

Duration: 9 days

Time span: April 23 2025 to May 01 2025

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 1.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 28.4 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 2.3 °C
• Maximum temperature: 29.5 °C

Event center: 16.0°N 262.0°E

Area affected: 103832 km$^2$

Fig. 1: Map of most extreme temperature anomalies (standardized) experienced during the event. The purple star indicates the center of the extreme event. Green hatching illustrates all areas under the effect of extremes at some time during the event.

Fig. 2: Evolution of temperature at the center of the event. The climatological percentile distribution is illustrated with color shadings.

Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.

Event ID: Heat_wave_2025-Apr-23_to_2025-May-01_262.0_16.0

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Event type: Heat wave

Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference):

• Mexico

Duration: 7 days

Time span: September 25 2024 to October 01 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 1.5 °C
• Mean temperature: 28.6 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 2.2 °C
• Maximum temperature: 29.2 °C

Event center: 22.5°N 262.5°E

Area affected: 82437 km$^2$

Fig. 1: Map of most extreme temperature anomalies (standardized) experienced during the event. The purple star indicates the center of the extreme event. Green hatching illustrates all areas under the effect of extremes at some time during the event.

Fig. 2: Evolution of temperature at the center of the event. The climatological percentile distribution is illustrated with color shadings.

Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.

Event ID: Heat_wave_2024-Sep-25_to_2024-Oct-01_262.5_22.5

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Event type: Heat wave

Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference):

• Mexico

Duration: 8 days

Time span: August 05 2024 to August 12 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 1.7 °C
• Mean temperature: 21.5 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 3.0 °C
• Maximum temperature: 29.6 °C

Event center: 21.0°N 258.5°E

Area affected: 121883 km$^2$

Fig. 1: Map of most extreme temperature anomalies (standardized) experienced during the event. The purple star indicates the center of the extreme event. Green hatching illustrates all areas under the effect of extremes at some time during the event.

Fig. 2: Evolution of temperature at the center of the event. The climatological percentile distribution is illustrated with color shadings.

Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.

Event ID: Heat_wave_2024-Aug-05_to_2024-Aug-12_258.5_21.0

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Event type: Heat wave

Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference):

• Mexico

Duration: 7 days

Time span: August 02 2024 to August 08 2024

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 2.8 °C
• Mean temperature: 30.5 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 5.9 °C
• Maximum temperature: 34.5 °C

Event center: 27.0°N 246.5°E

Area affected: 56644 km$^2$

Fig. 1: Map of most extreme temperature anomalies (standardized) experienced during the event. The purple star indicates the center of the extreme event. Green hatching illustrates all areas under the effect of extremes at some time during the event.

Fig. 2: Evolution of temperature at the center of the event. The climatological percentile distribution is illustrated with color shadings.

Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.

Event ID: Heat_wave_2024-Aug-02_to_2024-Aug-08_246.5_27.0