Watering gardens in Tijuana

Water today

What fell today was not enough to reach the roots.

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Today

Has it rained enough in Tijuana?

Rain soaked in today, and the ground has taken it.

Tijuana has had 5.1mm of rain in the last 30 days. A normal September here brings 7.3mm, so the ground is roughly where it should be for the time of year.

Rain reaching the roots · 14 days
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Reached the roots Rain that did not one day of 14
Thirty years

Rain in Tijuana through a normal year

Across a normal year Tijuana gets about 315.4mm of rain, most of it in February (67.9mm) and least in July (2mm).

A normal September in Tijuana has rain on 3 days. Only 1 of them brings enough to reach a root.

That makes Tijuana the driest place this site covers in Mexico in September — 7.3mm against Mexico City's 186.2mm at the other end.

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Average rainfall by month, 1995–2024
What it means

What that means for what you grow

  • Pots and hanging basketsWorst hit, and first to suffer. Very little soil, fully exposed, and nothing to fall back on — in this weather they can empty in a day.
  • Salad and leafy vegShallow-rooted and quick to bolt once they run dry. First priority of anything in the ground.
  • Beds and bordersA long soak that reaches the roots is worth more than a daily sprinkle, which only wets the surface and is gone by lunchtime.
  • Established shrubs and treesFine as they are. They draw from far deeper than a dry spell reaches.