Mexico Weather Records in 2020

1,312 weather records set or tied in Mexico in 2020, by type, with the calendar of record highs and lows and the records that still stand.

Key Facts for Mexico in 2020

1,312 weather records were set or tied in Mexico in 2020.
937 were record highs and 94 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
2,926 records set in 2020 still stand in Mexico.

Records per Year, by Type

2020 outlined

Records set or tied in Mexico each year from 1941 to 2026, stacked by type. 2020 had 1,312.

Weather records per year in Mexico, stacked by type, 2020 outlined
Year	Highest daily maximum	Lowest daily maximum	Highest daily minimum	Lowest daily minimum	Heaviest daily rainfall	Total
1941	0	0	0	0	10	10
1942	0	0	10	3	19	32
1943	0	0	4	12	17	33
1944	0	0	3	9	18	30
1945	0	0	13	3	5	21
1946	0	0	13	1	24	38
1947	0	0	9	23	24	56
1948	0	0	25	10	39	74
1949	0	0	25	33	31	89
1950	0	0	22	22	27	71
1951	14	4	45	30	36	129
1952	150	118	55	225	118	666
1953	119	63	91	217	122	612
1954	105	125	249	161	227	867
1955	119	325	189	294	322	1,249
1956	207	383	157	450	284	1,481
1957	416	385	354	353	320	1,828
1958	308	600	477	289	920	2,594
1959	231	467	307	361	712	2,078
1960	515	334	376	424	457	2,106
1961	314	481	260	476	588	2,119
1962	531	472	339	538	562	2,442
1963	376	593	410	539	669	2,587
1964	374	782	478	716	717	3,067
1965	505	816	435	678	829	3,263
1966	442	1,034	437	722	1,141	3,776
1967	588	845	455	792	1,202	3,882
1968	357	965	366	845	1,424	3,957
1969	911	676	856	636	895	3,974
1970	704	890	665	932	983	4,174
1971	628	1,255	581	1,100	1,306	4,870
1972	1,055	1,211	1,082	796	1,866	6,010
1973	1,255	1,841	1,024	1,722	2,245	8,087
1974	1,033	1,731	873	1,874	2,308	7,819
1975	1,091	1,825	958	2,541	2,224	8,639
1976	1,161	3,146	1,111	2,683	3,756	11,857
1977	2,145	1,870	1,794	2,018	2,541	10,368
1978	1,579	2,966	2,169	2,205	3,678	12,597
1979	2,686	3,499	2,152	3,310	3,836	15,483
1980	2,907	2,987	3,147	2,294	4,645	15,980
1981	1,982	3,323	2,890	2,059	6,092	16,346
1982	4,383	2,421	3,167	2,868	4,378	17,217
1983	4,198	4,251	3,920	4,829	5,785	22,983
1984	2,994	5,533	2,611	4,033	5,959	21,130
1985	2,906	3,669	2,378	3,959	5,230	18,142
1986	4,527	3,489	2,954	4,662	4,796	20,428
1987	5,654	4,882	4,400	6,056	4,768	25,760
1988	5,448	3,743	3,637	4,503	4,673	22,004
1989	5,289	3,236	3,009	5,182	4,125	20,841
1990	3,881	3,210	4,482	2,907	5,853	20,333
1991	7,338	4,892	5,459	4,327	6,748	28,764
1992	4,928	8,504	6,244	4,813	12,313	36,802
1993	6,679	5,577	6,384	5,380	7,240	31,260
1994	9,160	4,159	7,985	4,285	6,840	32,429
1995	11,572	5,268	10,611	5,732	9,083	42,266
1996	10,808	6,916	6,815	8,888	7,183	40,610
1997	11,446	9,412	7,221	11,307	12,494	51,880
1998	17,692	5,452	10,669	8,453	7,663	49,929
1999	9,094	6,052	4,651	12,366	6,358	38,521
2000	10,894	6,899	5,941	9,838	8,147	41,719
2001	9,788	6,176	6,449	7,241	8,568	38,222
2002	10,482	6,320	8,097	7,346	9,397	41,642
2003	11,692	5,947	9,784	7,354	8,464	43,241
2004	10,007	7,726	7,702	8,784	11,581	45,800
2005	12,157	6,009	8,045	6,446	8,978	41,635
2006	11,367	7,436	8,726	8,262	10,405	46,196
2007	9,088	8,487	7,173	7,620	10,628	42,996
2008	9,512	9,111	5,961	8,694	8,467	41,745
2009	14,036	6,679	8,651	6,433	8,359	44,158
2010	7,797	10,400	6,246	12,803	11,249	48,495
2011	12,625	6,652	5,920	9,401	6,039	40,637
2012	5,479	4,719	4,178	4,409	6,174	24,959
2013	1,266	1,022	781	817	1,098	4,984
2014	275	16	108	40	191	630
2015	449	26	248	29	281	1,033
2016	445	20	188	69	228	950
2017	428	14	130	67	199	838
2018	356	49	155	56	255	871
2019	479	34	253	63	216	1,045
2020	620	35	317	59	281	1,312
2021	409	46	170	77	234	936
2022	282	40	165	93	199	779
2023	980	39	497	35	215	1,766
2024	853	39	560	42	221	1,715
2025	150	217	1,175	30	48	1,620
2026	819	276	929	442	318	2,784

Warm to Cold Ratio by Decade

Record highs per record low by decade in Mexico: 1940s 1.0 to 1, 1950s 0.7 to 1, 1960s 0.7 to 1, 1970s 0.7 to 1, 1980s 1.0 to 1, 1990s 1.3 to 1, 2000s 1.3 to 1, 2010s 1.0 to 1, 2020s 5.4 to 1.

Standing Records by Year Set

2020: 2,926

Records still standing in Mexico by the year they were set. 2,926 of them were set in 2020.

Standing records in Mexico by the year they were set, 2020 highlighted
Year set	Standing records
1902	32
1903	169
1904	159
1905	260
1906	225
1907	184
1908	381
1909	335
1910	207
1911	325
1912	171
1913	90
1914	9
1916	8
1918	4
1919	1
1920	34
1921	671
1922	2,726
1923	4,540
1924	3,970
1925	4,587
1926	5,098
1927	6,836
1928	7,111
1929	6,438
1930	7,643
1931	7,066
1932	5,190
1933	4,627
1934	4,634
1935	4,477
1936	4,746
1937	5,234
1938	5,680
1939	6,774
1940	7,023
1941	10,881
1942	13,435
1943	13,618
1944	15,872
1945	19,302
1946	19,720
1947	21,407
1948	22,594
1949	22,395
1950	22,915
1951	26,198
1952	29,940
1953	32,328
1954	31,516
1955	36,459
1956	37,241
1957	40,739
1958	48,940
1959	41,898
1960	43,981
1961	70,687
1962	70,387
1963	68,047
1964	74,314
1965	75,219
1966	79,823
1967	78,362
1968	75,199
1969	85,906
1970	80,938
1971	81,833
1972	86,453
1973	98,563
1974	88,352
1975	85,901
1976	105,197
1977	95,737
1978	105,708
1979	122,904
1980	138,278
1981	136,235
1982	145,825
1983	153,367
1984	129,039
1985	105,627
1986	108,211
1987	130,721
1988	108,615
1989	104,426
1990	93,453
1991	105,210
1992	116,651
1993	89,909
1994	83,862
1995	103,727
1996	98,056
1997	121,823
1998	122,458
1999	90,657
2000	97,483
2001	92,418
2002	95,364
2003	93,393
2004	93,598
2005	90,937
2006	92,696
2007	83,846
2008	86,883
2009	88,770
2010	89,996
2011	77,073
2012	42,340
2013	8,363
2014	2,069
2015	2,940
2016	2,586
2017	2,473
2018	2,274
2019	2,586
2020	2,926
2021	2,049
2022	1,558
2023	3,393
2024	3,615
2025	5,796
2026	10,714

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-14. Last revised 14 October 2026 (2026-10-14).

Decade	Highs per low
1940s	1.04 to 1
1950s	0.74 to 1
1960s	0.72 to 1
1970s	0.67 to 1
1980s	0.96 to 1
1990s	1.32 to 1
2000s	1.29 to 1
2010s	0.96 to 1
2020s	5.42 to 1