Houston Could Feel More Like Central Mexico In 60 Years
Style Magazine Newswire | 4/5/2019, 9:42 a.m.
It’s about to get warmer in Houston for a very long time. And, no, we’re not talking about the impending summer months. We’re talking about what our city’s climate could be like in another 60 years – if climate change continues at its present pace. A new analysis of climate data says, if carbon emissions are not reduced, by the year 2080 Houston’s climate would feel more like that of present-day Ciudad Mante, Mexico, about 500 miles to the southwest. The city is located about 75 miles inland from the eastern coast of central Mexico. And the typical summer day there is more than four degrees Fahrenheit warmer than Houston and more than 27 percent wetter. The typical winter there is more than 15 degrees warmer and 84 percent drier than we experience in the Bayou City.
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