xtreme heat in Mexico, Central America and parts of the U.S. South has left millions of people in sweltering temperatures, strained energy grids and resulted in
South Florida has been hotter than normal. Miami International Airport recorded a daily high of 96 degrees Fahrenheit on May 19. That surpassed the temperatures of 86 to 88 degrees Miami normally sees this time of year. The region is transitioning from an El Nino, where tropical cyclone activity in the Gulf of Mexico and the North Atlantic is typically reduced, into a La Nina pattern in which the likelihood of tropical cyclone activity increases, said Andrew Kruczkiewicz, senior researcher at the Columbia Climate School at Columbia University.
Mónica Eréndira Jiménez, from the Mexican Weather Service, said the current heat wave will be one of the longest and most worrisome of 2024 because it's affecting the vast majority of the country. In May, more than 46 locations had record temperatures.