Winter arrived and with it the first snowfall in Mexicoso some states of the mexican republic they were already painted white.
On the eve of Christmas Eve, this Tuesday, December 24, cold weather is reported in Mexico, especially in the high parts where photos show the first snowfalls.
According to the forecast of National Weather Service (SMN) snowfall is expected in the high parts of the country. Below we show you a series of photos where the snow has already painted the mountains white.
PHOTOS: The first snowfalls are recorded in Mexico; These are the states that have already been painted white
There are several parts of Mexico where the first snowfalls have already arrivedwhere it can be seen mainly in mountains and tourist centers being painted white.
The photos, of course, could not be missing, in states where they were already painted white, as is the case of:
- Veracruz
- State of Mexico
- Zacatecas
In addition to the fact that the snow reaches the mountains and volcanoes of Mexico, such as:
- Orizaba Peak
- Perote Chest
- Black Sierra
- Malinche
- Iztaccíhuatl
- Popocatepetl
- Ajusco
- Nevado de Toluca
Below we present the best photos of the first snowfalls in Mexico this December 2024 on the eve of Christmas Eve and Christmas until December 24.
In Perote Chest, Veracruzthe roads and walking paths were painted completely white, however civil protection remains aware of its inhabitants and tourists.
Zinacantepec, Xinantécatl and Jocotitlán, State of Mexicois a place par excellence of snow because it has the famous Nevado de Toluca, where the fall of nine and heavy snow puts its population and tourists on alert, but which leaves some striking photos of how everything looks painted white.
Other points in Mexico that have already been painted white are in Valparaíso, Zacatecas and Pico de Orizaba in Veracruz.
First snowfall in Mexico: weather for today, December 24
Today, Tuesday, December 24, the SMN registers a trough at high levels of the atmosphere extended from the northeast to the west of the country, in interaction with the entry of humid air of the Pacific Ocean, favored by the subtropical jet stream.
But on the other hand will keep the cold to very cold environment during the morning and night in the Mesa del Norte, Mesa Central, the northwest, west, northeast, center and east of the country, becoming frigid in mountain areas of Sonora, Chihuahua and Durango, and with probability for the falling snow or sleet at elevations greater than 3,500 meters above sea level in the center and east of the country.
The minimum temperatures expected for today, December 24, are:
- Minimum temperatures of -15 to -10 °C with frost: mountain areas of Durango.
- Minimum temperatures of -10 to -5 °C with frost: mountain areas of Sonora and Chihuahua.
- Minimum temperatures of -5 to 0 °C with frost: high areas of Baja California, Zacatecas, San Luis Potosí (northwest), Aguascalientes, Jalisco, Michoacán, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Tlaxcala, Puebla, State of Mexico and Veracruz.
- Minimum temperatures of 0 to 5 °C with possible frost: high areas of Baja California Sur, Sinaloa (mountain), Nuevo León, Coahuila, Nayarit (mountain), Querétaro, Morelos, Mexico City, Guerrero, Oaxaca and Chiapas.