Mexico Climate and Impact

   Land vs. water: Inland is much dryer and hotter then on the coast. At high altitudes inland becomes cooler during December thru March. Hot wet season runs thru May to October with hottest and wettest thru June to September for most of the country. Low lying coastal areas are wetter and hotter then elevated inland ones.
   Latitude: Mexico is north of the equator and the Tropic of Cancer cuts across Mexico near Mazatlán and Ciudad Victoria while south of the equator is hot and humid all year round along coastal plains on both sides.
   Mountains: Mexico has a lot of mountain ranges: El Coahuilon, Sierra de la Giganta, Sierra Juarez, Sierra Juarez Oaxaca, Sierra del Lacandan, Sierra de la laguna, Los Tuxtlas, Sierra Madre Chipiasas, Sierra Madre de Oaxaca, Sierra Madre Occidental, Sierra Madre Oriental, Sierra Mixteca, Sierra Norte de Puebla, North American Cordillera, Pacific Coast Ranges, Peninsular ranges, Sierra de san Francisco, Sierra San Luis, Sierra de san Pedro Martir, Sierra Atravesada, Sierra Chichinautzin, Sierra de Los Cucapah, Sierra picachos, Sierra de san Carlos, Sierra Tamaulipas, Sierra del Burro, Tinajas Altas mountains, Trans-Mexican volcanic belt, Sierra de los Tuxtlas.
    Ocean Currents: Warm N equatorial ocean currents and S equatorial ocean currents.
    Pressure and Winds: the air pressure is 5860-5900 and gets easterly trade winds.
Overall Climate: Mexico in the north is arid, semi arid and temperate with dry winters. In the west it is arid and Mediterranean. The East is semi arid, temperate with dry winters and tropical wet and dry while the south is semi arid, tropical wet, humid sub tropical and temperate with dry winters. The temperatures vary from 16-45 degrees Celsius but the temperature stays almost consistant with a difference of five degrees from winter and summer. The precipitation also varys but the average per year is 780 mm.