Cozumel Mexico Vacation Guide
 

Cozumel Weather from a variety of sources
Cozumel weather is one of the most popular requests on the internet from visitors thinking about or planning a vacation to our island. And as many know, the science of predicting the weather is not perfect, at best; but at the end of this page I will give you the most accurate weather forecast source ever!

Also, some of the most popular questions are, "When is the best time to come to Cozumel?", or "When is the rainy season?" and "When does hurricane season begin?". These questions as well as the myths surrounding them, will be discussed in this web site. We will also, of course, give you the local weather as reported by the top sources in the industry.

Before discussing some of the most popular questions, I will post the local weather as reported by weather.com right now.
I'm sure that you are familiar with this very popular weather "news source" on the left; weather.com. What you are seeing is the actual weather that is reported and updated constantly. I just put a code on this web site so that I could bring it to you direct from them.

But where do they get their information from? Well, the truth is that all weather predictions start with information provided by NOAA, which stands for: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association. What many people do not know (and most don't really care), is that NOAA is a part of the Department of Commerce that is a provider of digital and other maps for navigation, weather prediction, and physical features of the United States. This information is read daily by meteorologists from all around the world. This is because NOAA, in coordination with NASA, are the only organizations that have all of the satellites in orbit as well as sensors in the ocean to gather this information.
To the right you will find a chart that depicts the average hurricane season (which also corresponds with the "rainy season); for a larger view just click on the chart and the larger image will pop up.Cozumel weather, Hurricane Chart

One mistake that many visitors make is to plan their vacations around the hurricane season. To be very frank with you; that is the equivalent of saying "I want to plan my next vacation to California around the Earthquake season or the Fire Storm season! :-) By the way; I lived in California for 9 years and I LOVE it!!

The second myth is that when the "rainy season" is upon us, it rains from the day that it starts to the day that it is finished! The reality is that I have seen it rain during the dry season and dry during the rainy season. Many times it will rain and 5 minutes later it will be sunny (during any season); because the sea breeze will move the clouds away.

Anyway, Cozumel does not get hit by a hurricane every year as many believe. And it is not always raining during the "rainy season"!

Another myth is that when a hurricane hits Mexico or anywhere around Mexico, Cozumel is affected! This is exemplified by the Hurricane Dean event (in 2007). It was headed straight for Cozumel. I prepared just like everyone else because we learned from hurricane Wilma to take these reports seriously. At the last minute Hurricane Dean turned to the south and we didn't even get a rain storm from it. However, for months after that everyone who wrote anything on the internet was asking how much damage there was after Hurricane Dean came through the island!		  

The moral of the hurricane story is don't plan your vacation around your fear of the "Hurricane Season". Just plan your vacation whenever it suits your schedule! IF you are still worried, then buy travel insurance! In fact, here is a link if you are interested! Click here.
I told you that at the end of this web site I was going to give you the best tip of all to find out what the weather is like on Cozumel didn't I? Well here it is................... Forget about what the meteorologists are saying (because they are giving you an educated GUESS). The best way to find out what is going on is to go DIRECTLY to the source. There is a satellite up there that is constantly focused on us and it is always in a geosynchronous orbit around the earth (which means it is always fixed on us). It will tell you EXACTLY what is going on here and if you hit the "animate image above" button, you can even see a loop of what is actually going on here. For this most accurate Cozumel weather forecast simply click here! And that is as accurate a forecast as you will ever get.

This complete guide to Cozumel weather was brought to you courtesy of Cozumelmexico.net. Your personal vacation planning guide!

Warm Regards,
Bob Rodriguez
Cozumelmexico.net