July 20 Update

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This summer season here in Zihuatanejo is shaping up to be a fairly quiet one, it looks like. There’s a bit more tourist action in town–especially in Ixtapa–as summer vacationers hit the hotels and beaches, but the recent rains and overcast skies have been putting [...]

Our First Tropical Storm?

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Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico

Advisories have been emitted from meteorological services regarding the presence of a tropical depression (One-E) that earlier today was located about 365 miles (just under 590 kms) south of Acapulco, moving NW at 3 knots.

Mexican newspapers say that if it continues [...]

Hurricane Season

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Hurricane season, coming with the tropical rains and storms of summer, is in effect from May 15 through November 15 in our area.

Although Ixtapa Zihuatanejo rarely is in the path of high winds associated with tropical storms and hurricanes in the Pacific, we can [...]

Half-way through the rains in Zihuatanejo

This year Ixtapa Zihuatanejo is getting a really good dousing of rain, much needed after not having had much of a rainy season at all last year. We’re half-way through the rainy season in Zihua… [...]

Rainy season arrival

Rainy season sunset

Well, the rains have finally arrived this year. They took their own sweet time. Once the tremendous and unexpected 3-day downpour that came down upon Zihuatanejo and much of Mexico at the beginning of February was over, we in Zihuatanejo at least were left until now without any rainfall at all. [...]

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