For those of you considering that burning question: 'What's the weather like in San Miguel, now?' here's the answer: It's definitely winter-ish - cold and damp.
We thought we had escaped most of the wet weather when it rained here while we were in Cabo at the end of January, but it was only a few days of wet. Then the rain had moved on to DF (Mexico City) on the day we returned from Cabo (made the traffic a little more icky than usual in one of the world's largest cities).
But, lo and behold, the rain returned. After the brief showers in January (four days of rain totaling 0.62 inches) February has managed to accumulate 2.76 inches over 10 days - and it's only the 15th of the month.
The weather took a break for Valentine's Day. It looked like thundershowers with many, many large, dark clouds moving across the sky from the north, but nary a drop. On the other hand, we just had a shower at 2:30 in the morning today, so it looks like we're not through yet. And thunderstorms/showers have been common.
January and February usually average about half-an-inch of rain, combined. This year isn't as bad as 2010 (we first visited SMA in late February/March 2010) when the torrents of rain threatened homes alongside the streams through town. But it's way over the average. Not that we don't need it: the Presa (the large reservoir on the west side of town) is quite low. Some people have reported that they noticed an increased depth to the Presa, but I'm not sure how much of that is just wishful thinking.
It would be nice if the church steeple on the southern end of the reservoir returned to its underwater status. As challenging as the rain can be here in the central highlands of Mexico, we certainly need it!
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