Powerful Hurricane-Level Winds Slam into Yucatán Peninsula
Powerful gusts of winds up to 75 miles per hour slammed into the Yucatán Peninsula on Monday,
9 delicious ice-cold treats to keep you cool in Yucatán
If you have ever been to Yucatán between the months of April and August you don’t need us to tell you how hot it can get
Just what we need in this heat: The year’s longest day
This is a news flash for people weary of these hot days with the strong sun beating down. Days start to get shorter this week, thanks to the summer solstice. The middle of this week won’t just be hot, topping at 40.5C / 105F. Wednesday, June 21, will be the longest day of the year….
2022 hurricane season is about to get real, starting at Yucatán Peninsula
Yucatan’s hurricane season has been pretty quiet so far, bringing no more than afternoon thunderstorms. In fact, 2022 has seen the slowest start to the Atlantic hurricane season in about 30 years. But don’t get too comfortable. The peak season is here. And the first area to watch will be near the Yucatán Peninsula, said…
MID or SFO? The morning fog had us wondering where we were.
Sunday morning in Mérida looked more like the beginning of a foggy day in San Francisco, or mid-century London. Drivers, especially to the north, has their headlights on as they pushed through the neblina or niebla, as it’s called here. Not that every morning in Yucatán is clear blue skies. But foggy mornings here are…
Expect hazy skies and magnificent sunsets this week courtesy of the canícula
The weather phenomenon known as the canícula is common in Yucatán during the summer.
Most severe heatwave of the year in the coming days
Health authorities in Yucatán are warning residents to take precautions in the face of increasing temperatures.
Thick fog strands hundreds of frustrated travelers in Mérida’s airport
Flight delays left hundreds of travelers stranded in Mérida’s airport Tuesday night.
Dust cloud from the Sahara arrives in Yucatán right on time
Coming from agricultural areas of the Sahara, the powder contains a high concentration of fungus, viruses, and bacteria. Its most common effects include sneezing, eye irritation.
Ready for another hurricane season in Yucatán? Your 2021 guide
The 2021 Atlantic hurricane season is off to a fast start, even faster than the 2020 season.
Rescuers come to the aid of flood victims in Progreso
Yucatán’s state government has set up temporary shelters for dozens of families whose homes have flooded after several days of intense rain.
Yucatán’s first tropical storm of 2021 likely on its way this week
The probability of tropical storm or hurricane formation over the Gulf of Mexico has grown to 60% over the next five days.
Peninsula on alert for the arrival of powerful ‘Cordonazo de la Santa Cruz’
The powerful squall known locally as the “Cordonazo de la Santa Cruz” is expected to hit the Yucatán Peninsula. Meteorologists say that the annual weather event is likely to hit this weekend and bring with it strong gusts of wind, a good amount of rain, and even hail. “It is likely that the Cordonazo de…
Caribbean volcano sending clouds of toxic gas our way
Clouds of sulfuric acid from a large volcanic eruption on Saint Vincent is expected to hit the Yucatán this week. Air quality is expected to drop significantly and the sky will take on a hazy look for the duration. The clouds are expected to pass over Yucatán sometime in the next couple of days, lingering…
Forecasters predict another horrifying hurricane season on the Atlantic
Meteorologists are predicting another hyperactive hurricane season, which would affect Yucatán. According to computer models, the greater Atlantic region may see as many as 17 tropical cyclones. “It is likely that as many as 8 of the 17 tropical cyclones we are expecting will turn into full-fledged hurricanes,” says Dr. Philip Klotzbach of Colorado University. …
Yucatán braces for the hottest week of the year
The most severe heatwave of the year is expected to hit Yucatán in the coming days. Meteorologists are expecting thermometers to hit 40 C / 104 F this week, but feel even hotter in most of Yucatán. The state should also expect extremely warm winds ranging up to 50 kph / 31 mph an hour. …
Expect more downpours and floods this rainy season, experts warn
As the rainy season begins to near, meteorology experts warn that Yucatán could be headed for another very wet year. Last year, a series of intense storms delivered record-breaking levels of precipitation to Yucatán, which resulted in damage to homes, businesses, and public infrastructure. Yucatan’s rainy season officially begins May 27 and ends Oct. 18….
New laws on sprawl to address Merida’s flooding crisis
Construction rules in Merida’s north, where developers have been building malls and housing developments in the past several decades, will have to be re-written to address the realities of a shallow water table and inevitable climate change, experts said. Record rainfall has left newer housing developments flooded and anything built underground — like underpasses and…
Visitors rushed to hospital after lightning strikes beach palapa
Family members from Solidaridad, Quintana Roo, were treated for burns when lightning struck a palapa that was sheltering them from a storm. Six visitors, including three minors, came to El Cuyo, in Tizimín, for a beach trip, despite the bad weather. Presumably, when the afternoon rains began, they attempted to stay dry under a palapa….
Prepare for 50° hot flash this week in Merida
If Yucatan were surrounded by mountains, we’d be called Mexico’s Death Valley, because that’s how hot it’s gotten. Maximum temperatures will continue between 40-45 C / 104-111F, but as humidity increases this week and breezes stall out, it will feel more like 50C / 122F, if you can imagine it. Some isolated rains are also…
Shelf cloud looms over Merida; internet goes wild
A massive shelf cloud took Merida by surprise when it loomed over the city on Thursday.
Dust clouds from Sahara due in Yucatan by Sunday
The Sahara is sending its annual dusting to the Yucatan on Sunday. All the way from Africa, 7,500 kilometers / 4,660 miles across the Atlantic Ocean, clouds of dust arrive in the Peninsula every summer, generating milky daytime skies and redder sunsets, but also breathing problems. Sahara Desert sand storms also bring fungi, viruses, bacteria…
The canícula, the dog days of summer, have arrived
May is the hottest month in Yucatán, but with the canícula, a broader swath of Mexico feels the heat.
Trees fall, power goes out in heavy rain
Wind gusts Monday afternoon, reaching 83 kph/52 mph, toppled at least 85 trees, a billboard and three telephone poles.
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