May closed with “hellish” heat in Mérida: Was the May 2024 record surpassed?

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Just as it began, the month of May ended with “hellish” heat in Mérida, a city that was Mexico’s third “hell” on Saturday the 31st, reports the National Water Commission (Conagua).

The “hellish” heat in Mérida on the last day of May 2025

In fact, two locations on the Yucatán Peninsula appear on Conagua’s Maximum Temperature Map for May 31, 2025, which reports that the three hottest communities in Mexico on that day were the following:

calor infernal en Mérida

Source: yucatan