Cold Front Returns
How cold is it? Well in terms of those of you visiting from the northern states of the US or Canada or really anywhere that you get cold snowy winters it is nothing like that. But for us locals here in the Riviera Maya and Cancun it was a cold night.
Walking around in the evening last night we found locals who are accustomed to the 80° average temperatures with their coats and scarfs on. Neighboring states like Veracruz and not so neighboring states like Puebla, Tlaxcala and Hidalgo as well as the nevadas of Mexico State who are feeling the bite as snow fell on their normally temped land.
Snow in Veracruz near the Capital city of Xalapa
As the cold front continues moving into the Yucatan Peninsula we can expect cooler than normal temperatures, the current temperature at 3:30 PM is 74°F or 23° C and last night temps dropped to 15°C and 67° F.
The closer you are to the water the colder it feels and of course the locals feel it more than the tourists.
Some tips for packing if you are coming to Mexico right now, pack a light jacket and some long pants if you hadn’t thought about it. For those of you participating in water activities bring along a sweatshirt and sweatpants so after getting out of the water you can dry off and put something on to warm you.
Water temperature doesn’t vary that much, 2 or 3 degrees between summer and winter at most but also with a cool north wind you do feel colder than usual.