The hottest winter: the temperature broke a historic record in Mexico

The people of Mexico City have already kept their winter clothes, this week, the time has come and the heat has surprised them with the historic temperatures for a month of February.

Monday, the thermometers of the country's capital reached 30.7 degrees Celsius, which broke the historic record of one day in Februarybecause the highest record was 29.3 degrees, 90 years ago.

However, the highest temperature in the country was recorded in the municipality of Huejutla, in the state of Hidalgo, where the heat has reached 45 degrees.

The high historical temperatures in Mexico City and in the central, western and southern regions of the country they are due to a meteorological phenomenon called high pressure system called anticyclone, which generates a dry and hot environment, in agreement with the National Water Commission (Conagua).

This phenomenon occurs every year, with more or less intensity, when the rain stops in the south of the countryexplained the meteorologist Miguel Ángel Gallegos.

The specialist specified that This does not mean that the winter season has ended because it is still cold in the States of the Republic. Snow should also fall in the mountainous areas of Chihuahua and Sonora.

But in Mexico, the Secretariat for Integrated Risk Management and Emergency Preparedness marked the yellow alert for 11 of the 16 town halls of the Mexican capitalwhere heat could raise the thermometer up to 30 degrees.

The perception of heat is very high in municipalities such as Iztapalapa, since most of its territory is composed of lake plains and nevertheless suffers from a chronic lack of water.

In the country, states like Sinaloa, Colima, Nuevo Leon, Durango, Hidalgo, Queretaro, Puebla, Morelos, Campeche, Yucatan and Quintana Roo the temperature can vary between 35 and 45 degrees.

The national weather system has announced that the heat wave could continue in the next 5 or 6 daysThe authorities have therefore alerted the population to the effects of high temperatures on health.

According to the report "Vigilance systems against waves / heat waves as part of risk reduction", prepared by the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), People living in areas of increased temperature can suffer from heat stroke, fainting, dehydration, skin diseases and acute diarrhea..

Between 2015 and 2018 34 people died in Mexico due to conditions caused by heat wavesand only last year dropped 341 due to high temperatures, according to the Ministry of Health.