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‘Global Cooling’ in Mexico?

By Richard | January 21, 2008 | Mananaland |

With all the talk about global warming, cruisers in Mexico are wondering why it’s been so cold — since about the 10th of December — compared to other seasons.

"It’s been the coldest in the four years that I’ve been down here," reports Tom Hoffman of the San Francisco-based Peterson 44 Persistence from Puerto Vallarta. As he’s planning to head down to ZihuaFest in a few days, it should get warmer.

Hoffman inquired how the weather has been in the French West Indies, and we can report that we haven’t worn more than a shortsleeve shirt and shorts, even in the rain at night, since we arrived on Christmas Day. But for those who are keeping track, we’re at about the same latitude as Acapulco.

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