The San Pancho Weather Blog is now available at the San Pancho Weather site!
The new URL for the blog:
http://blog.sanpanchoweather.com
I hope you'll visit often and that you'll also check out the expanded site features for 2008.
Meantime, enjoy your sunny days in San Pancho!
Monday, January 14, 2008
2007 San Pancho/San Francisco Weather Summary
It looks like 2007 was a typical weather year in San Pancho with no unusual activity to report. Though folks who've been here for some time can attest to the fact that late December 2007 (as well as early January 2008) have been colder than normal.
When my best friend and I visited SP in December 2006 and fell in love with the town, the nice warm weather Christmas week 2006 was part of the enchantment of the place ... and we decided to purchase our home after being here for only three days! But we're not looking for a weather rebate. The rest of Mexico has been having some unusually cold weather and back in our former home, San Miguel de Allende, they've had at least two freezes to date!
Some highlights for 2007 from the SanPanchoWeather Station:
The high temperature for the year was 95.6 F (35.3 C) on October 24th. The low for the year was 53.3 F (11.8 C) on the last day of the year!
Average temperature for 2007: 79 F (26.1 C). Pretty comfortable indeed. So not to complain about a few chilly nights. (OK, I'll admit it. We dug out the electric blanket a few days ago.)
Rainfall for the year was 27.5 inches (698.5 mm). Nearly all of it was recorded in July, August and September, as is the norm. Most rain in one day was on August 23rd, with 2.43 inches. Another 2.4 inches fell two days later! The only other real deluge was on September 23rd with 2.02 inches, with another 1.39 inches on the 25th. That pretty much signaled the end of the rainy season.
If you're interested in more numbers, graphs and details on last year's weather, it's all available at the Weather Underground at this page:
http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=INAYARIT2&day=31&year=2007&month=12&graphspan=year
As for the current 'cold' weather spell: our low temperature for January through the 14th was 52.3 F (11.3 C) on the morning of the 12th.
Enough already!
When my best friend and I visited SP in December 2006 and fell in love with the town, the nice warm weather Christmas week 2006 was part of the enchantment of the place ... and we decided to purchase our home after being here for only three days! But we're not looking for a weather rebate. The rest of Mexico has been having some unusually cold weather and back in our former home, San Miguel de Allende, they've had at least two freezes to date!
Some highlights for 2007 from the SanPanchoWeather Station:
The high temperature for the year was 95.6 F (35.3 C) on October 24th. The low for the year was 53.3 F (11.8 C) on the last day of the year!
Average temperature for 2007: 79 F (26.1 C). Pretty comfortable indeed. So not to complain about a few chilly nights. (OK, I'll admit it. We dug out the electric blanket a few days ago.)
Rainfall for the year was 27.5 inches (698.5 mm). Nearly all of it was recorded in July, August and September, as is the norm. Most rain in one day was on August 23rd, with 2.43 inches. Another 2.4 inches fell two days later! The only other real deluge was on September 23rd with 2.02 inches, with another 1.39 inches on the 25th. That pretty much signaled the end of the rainy season.
If you're interested in more numbers, graphs and details on last year's weather, it's all available at the Weather Underground at this page:
http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=INAYARIT2&day=31&year=2007&month=12&graphspan=year
As for the current 'cold' weather spell: our low temperature for January through the 14th was 52.3 F (11.3 C) on the morning of the 12th.
Enough already!
Sunday, December 23, 2007
December Summary
December looks like it will be a "normal" month, with the usual average temperatures and rainfall.
Really not much of the later. In fact, only a trace amount of rain: less than a 10th of an inch. And that's really not rain! It's actually the rain guage measuring trace amounts of water - the early morning dew. The same dew that collects on your car around sunrise. The same dew that guarantees the San Pancho dust will stick to your car for the day!
For the year, we'll have just a bit over 30 inches of rain: 30.19 to be exact.
Temperatures have certainly moderated. The low for December 2007 (through the 23rd) was 58 F (14.5C) at sunrise on the 17th. The high for December? It was 85 F (29 C) on December 1st! Clearly the temperatures of the season past!
Now we've had our full moon, the highest tides of the year, and the comforter on the bed at night. Little did I think we'd turn into such warm weather wimps that we'd need a comforter just because the temperature dipped below 60!
But then, when my son and his family arrive from New England to begin their Christmas visit with us tomorrow, I know they'll bask in our 75 degree daytime temperatures! And what a wonderful holiday gift for us to have them visit!
From San Pancho Weather, Happy Holidays, Happy New Year ... and yes, Merry Christmas!
Really not much of the later. In fact, only a trace amount of rain: less than a 10th of an inch. And that's really not rain! It's actually the rain guage measuring trace amounts of water - the early morning dew. The same dew that collects on your car around sunrise. The same dew that guarantees the San Pancho dust will stick to your car for the day!
For the year, we'll have just a bit over 30 inches of rain: 30.19 to be exact.
Temperatures have certainly moderated. The low for December 2007 (through the 23rd) was 58 F (14.5C) at sunrise on the 17th. The high for December? It was 85 F (29 C) on December 1st! Clearly the temperatures of the season past!
Now we've had our full moon, the highest tides of the year, and the comforter on the bed at night. Little did I think we'd turn into such warm weather wimps that we'd need a comforter just because the temperature dipped below 60!
But then, when my son and his family arrive from New England to begin their Christmas visit with us tomorrow, I know they'll bask in our 75 degree daytime temperatures! And what a wonderful holiday gift for us to have them visit!
From San Pancho Weather, Happy Holidays, Happy New Year ... and yes, Merry Christmas!
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Quiet November
From the information I can gather, the average November rainfall is a little less than an inch in the Puerto Vallarta area.
We received our November rain on the 25th! Just a little more than a half an inch. The rest of the month netted only a trace (.04 inch) of precipitation.
The rainfall of the 25th occurred in the early morning hours, between 4 a.m. and 7 a.m., with the largest burst around 6:40 a.m.
Other than that, it has been an uneventful, if beautiful, November in San Pancho! And we can be fairly certain that good weather will continue through the holidays.
On the SanPanchoWeather station front, there's a possibility we might have access to a streaming video of our beautiful coastline here in town. Stay tuned!
We received our November rain on the 25th! Just a little more than a half an inch. The rest of the month netted only a trace (.04 inch) of precipitation.
The rainfall of the 25th occurred in the early morning hours, between 4 a.m. and 7 a.m., with the largest burst around 6:40 a.m.
Other than that, it has been an uneventful, if beautiful, November in San Pancho! And we can be fairly certain that good weather will continue through the holidays.
On the SanPanchoWeather station front, there's a possibility we might have access to a streaming video of our beautiful coastline here in town. Stay tuned!
Thursday, November 1, 2007
October 2007 Summary
Seems like we got the much-welcomed change in our conditions during the course of the month, with a few notable highlights.
Tropical Storm Kiko was the big attraction of the month, hovering off the coast far South of us, but not giving much of a hint of where it was headed. The good news is that Kiko decided to head West and the most we noticed was some light rain and wind activity.
The National Hurricane Center offers this in their October summary:
FOR THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC...EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE..
ONLY ONE TROPICAL STORM...KIKO...FORMED IN THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. THIS IS BELOW THE CLIMATOLOGICAL MEAN OF TWO TROPICAL STORMS DEVELOPING DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER...WITH ONE BECOMING A HURRICANE. SO FAR...2007 IS THE SECOND QUIETEST SEASON (BASED ON RELIABLE RECORDS SINCE 1971) BEHIND 1977 IN TERMS OF ACE...ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY...WHICH IS A MEASURE OF THE STRENGTH AND DURATION OF NAMED STORMS AND HURRICANES. JULIETTE...A SEPTEMBER TROPICAL STORM...DISSIPATED EARLY IN OCTOBER.
Second quietest storm season. That sounds good, doesn't it? For more on Kiko, check the October Tropical Weather Summary from the National Hurricane Center: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2007/tws/MIATWSEP_oct.shtml?
October had an average humidity of 81%, but certainly that dropped off during the final days of the month. Average temperature was 80 F/27 C.
High temperature for the month was 96 F/35 C on October 24th, the low on October 28th gave us a chilly morning start at 62 F/16 C. But it was a pleasant relief.
The rainiest day? October 3rd with more than 1/2 inch. At one point in that brief storm, the rainfall rate reached more than 8 inches an hour! But that rate was momentary and the storm wasn't much longer. The total rain for October was about an inch. So I presume, newcomer that I am, we have reached the end of the rainy season for the year.
Tropical Storm Kiko was the big attraction of the month, hovering off the coast far South of us, but not giving much of a hint of where it was headed. The good news is that Kiko decided to head West and the most we noticed was some light rain and wind activity.
The National Hurricane Center offers this in their October summary:
FOR THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC...EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE..
ONLY ONE TROPICAL STORM...KIKO...FORMED IN THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. THIS IS BELOW THE CLIMATOLOGICAL MEAN OF TWO TROPICAL STORMS DEVELOPING DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER...WITH ONE BECOMING A HURRICANE. SO FAR...2007 IS THE SECOND QUIETEST SEASON (BASED ON RELIABLE RECORDS SINCE 1971) BEHIND 1977 IN TERMS OF ACE...ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY...WHICH IS A MEASURE OF THE STRENGTH AND DURATION OF NAMED STORMS AND HURRICANES. JULIETTE...A SEPTEMBER TROPICAL STORM...DISSIPATED EARLY IN OCTOBER.
Second quietest storm season. That sounds good, doesn't it? For more on Kiko, check the October Tropical Weather Summary from the National Hurricane Center: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2007/tws/MIATWSEP_oct.shtml?
October had an average humidity of 81%, but certainly that dropped off during the final days of the month. Average temperature was 80 F/27 C.
High temperature for the month was 96 F/35 C on October 24th, the low on October 28th gave us a chilly morning start at 62 F/16 C. But it was a pleasant relief.
The rainiest day? October 3rd with more than 1/2 inch. At one point in that brief storm, the rainfall rate reached more than 8 inches an hour! But that rate was momentary and the storm wasn't much longer. The total rain for October was about an inch. So I presume, newcomer that I am, we have reached the end of the rainy season for the year.
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