Climate experts at Mexico’s National Autonomous University (UNAM) reckon the current heatwave, that has seen temperatures soar upward of 42 degrees Celsius in cities and towns in around a dozen states, could last until the first days of July in some parts of the nation.
Weather models for the greater part of the country show a notable absence of rain clouds, suggesting that the hot weather will drag on for some time longer, UNAM climatologists said this week.
The National Water Commission (Conagua) had previously predicted the first seasonal rains in the state of Jalisco to arrive around June 18.
As temperatures escalate in Jalisco, the weather has become the favored topic of conversation, with many residents in Guadalajara expressing the opinion that they have rarely experienced such extreme heat.
The Guadalajara-Minerva weather station at the Institute of Astronomy and Meteorology (IAM) of the University of Guadalajara (UdeG) this week topped 37.9 degrees, breaking its historic record for June, set back in 1989, of 37.6 degrees.
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