Curiosity Question for You Wx Types: I have a weather app on my iPhone, and one of the locs I monitor is Mexico City. No particular reason, just curious. The temps there tend to be...

DeanS Loc: Capital City area of North Carolina

I have a weather app on my iPhone, and one of the locs I monitor is Mexico City. No particular reason, just curious. The temps there tend to be consistently below more northern locs, like my area in north-central North Carolina. Example: As I compose this, it is in the upper-upper 80s here, but only 77 in MC. This is a common reading diff on my wx app.

With MC not too many degrees north of the equator, why is it always so pleasant temp wise. Inquiring minds want to know.

btbg

DeanS wrote:

I have a weather app on my iPhone, and one of the locs I monitor is Mexico City. No particular reason, just curious. The temps there tend to be consistently below more northern locs, like my area in north-central North Carolina. Example: As I compose this, it is in the upper-upper 80s here, but only 77 in MC. This is a common reading diff on my wx app.

With MC not too many degrees north of the equator, why is it always so pleasant temp wise. Inquiring minds want to know.

Elevation

DeanS Loc: Capital City area of North Carolina

btbg wrote:

Elevation

Just ckd Denver, CO sitting at abt 5200 ft elev, with MC abt 2K higher, and Denver temp is 88. Tks for posting.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Where are the prevailing winds coming from?
When I looked the winds are out of the North for Mexico City and out of the South for Raleigh. Is it cooler north of Mexico City?
Some differences also depend on sensor location, near water, not near water; mountains, flatlands; city, country.
I'm 20 miles west of Philly, we are consistently about 5° cooler than the city.
Plus, Highs, Lows, and fronts affect the temps.
Peruse US national temps here:
https://s.w-x.co/staticmaps/acttemp_1280x720.jpg?crop=16:9&width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=60

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

btbg wrote:

Elevation

Raleigh, NC is at 315 feet,
Mexico City at 7,350 feet.

DeanS Loc: Capital City area of North Carolina

Longshadow wrote:

Raleigh, NC is at 315 feet,
Mexico City at 7,350 feet.

See my prev comment related to Denver, CO.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

DeanS wrote:

See my prev comment related to Denver, CO.

Sorry, you didn't say where you were in your initial post, so I picked where you were from........

flyguy Loc: Las Cruces, New Mexico

The elevation above sea level is 7,349' and, as a rule of thumb, the temperature goes down by 5 degrees for every 1,000 feet you go up.

That change in temperature is termed "the adiabatic lapse rate".

So even though Mexico City is far south the temp can be 35 degrees cooler.

btbg

flyguy wrote:

The elevation above sea level is 7,349' and, as a rule of thumb, the temperature goes down by 5 degrees for every 1,000 feet you go up.

That change in temperature is termed "the adiabatic lapse rate".

So even though Mexico City is far south the temp can be 35 degrees cooler.

Thanks for adding a more scientifically accurate explanation of what I said.

DeanS Loc: Capital City area of North Carolina

Longshadow wrote:

Sorry, you didn't say where you were in your initial post, so I picked where you were from........

You might have mised this from my orig post, . . . like my area in north-central North Carolina."

DeanS Loc: Capital City area of North Carolina

flyguy wrote:

The elevation above sea level is 7,349' and, as a rule of thumb, the temperature goes down by 5 degrees for every 1,000 feet you go up.

That change in temperature is termed "the adiabatic lapse rate".

So even though Mexico City is far south the temp can be 35 degrees cooler.

How does that relate to Denver temp todday when MC was 77, it was 88 in Denver, at abt 5200 ft elev?

Stephan G

Longshadow wrote:

Sorry, you didn't say where you were in your initial post, so I picked where you were from........

There is a Denver, NC

edwdickinson Loc: Ardmore PA

DeanS wrote:

I have a weather app on my iPhone, and one of the locs I monitor is Mexico City. No particular reason, just curious. The temps there tend to be consistently below more northern locs, like my area in north-central North Carolina. Example: As I compose this, it is in the upper-upper 80s here, but only 77 in MC. This is a common reading diff on my wx app.

With MC not too many degrees north of the equator, why is it always so pleasant temp wise. Inquiring minds want to know.

Mexico City is on a mountain plateau, elevation of around 7300 feet.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

DeanS wrote:

You might have mised this from my orig post, . . . like my area in north-central North Carolina."

That's why I picked Raleigh..............

So, You just picked Denver for comparison?: "I just checked Denver...".
I know you didn't state that you were IN Denver.
You seem to write a bit ambiguously.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Stephan G wrote:

There is a Denver, NC

Interesting..... Did not know that.

But he DID say Denver, CO..............