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As you may have noticed, its raining, a lot. Isn’t it beautiful how the rain just makes the greenery come alive and turns the air so clear? A few days of downpour and the vegetation explodes, falling over into the streets, covering hills, and trying to eat my porch. Have you started noticing where leaks are in your house? This season lasts through October so you better get them fixed up.

What To Expect During Manzanillo’s Wet Months

The cycle we typically experience is this: First, comes the heat and humidity. For about a day or two the air gets intensely heavy and the temperature gets pretty darn hot. You remember when the thermometer explodes in the cartoons? Well, that sort of feels like my head. Right before it feels like its going to pop, a beautiful storm comes rolling in and drops rain as well as the barometric pressure and the temperature. It usually rains at night. Occasionally we get a symphony of thunder and lightning that shakes the house. When it rains at night it gets refreshingly cold and wonderful. About noon the next day, the clouds have parted and the sauna-like conditions describe above begin again.

Manzanillo’s Hurricane Season

Yes we have hurricane season. No we do not have hurricanes, at least not since 1959. Of course we have a our usual rainy season drama of hurricanes dancing their way here, only to turn into a tropical storm that merely blows blustery kisses and moves on. Manzanillo frequently is in the news for having hurricanes off their cost. The regions hurricaines are measured in miles (or kilometers) from Manzanillo. This is because one of the only weather monitering stations in this part of Mexico is just a little Northeast of Manzanillo. A storm can be much closer to Puerto Vallarta, but it is still measured in distance from the Manzanillo weather monitering station. This results in many frantic emails from friends and family everytime, but there is rarely need to be overly concerned. It’s nice to know that the city is alert and active about addressing any impending weather catastrophes though.

Overall, Manzanillo weather is very agreeable. You can pretty much rely on it to stay relatively the same year round. Did you know that we are on the same lattitude as Hawaii? Also, since Manzanillo is a port and bay side town, we get plenty of cool wind. Some even dare to boast that Colima has the best weather in all of Mexico. It’s a shame that so many people leave this time of year and miss out on this great season.

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