Precipitation analysis in Tlaquepaque: a look at the past and the present

TL;DR

This paper examines the historical and current precipitation patterns in Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, analyzing data from 1951 to 2022 to understand rainfall behavior and its implications for urban planning and city dynamics.

Contribution

It provides a detailed analysis of precipitation trends in Tlaquepaque over seven decades, highlighting challenges for urban development and planning.

Findings

Rainfall patterns have varied significantly over the decades.

Intense rainfall events impact urban mobility and infrastructure.

Urban growth has outpaced planning efforts, exacerbating rainfall-related issues.

Abstract

Precipitation events in large cities can be a challenge and a problem for continuing the regular dynamics of people flows and economic activities. It is enough to remember what happens at overpasses, on main avenues, as well as in the lower and marginalized parts of cities when we have intense rainfall. Unfortunately, the accelerated and disorganized growth of metropolises in Mexico has not allowed for the fulfillment of urban planning (S\'anchez-Rodr\'iguez et al., 2013), a situation that is especially evident during conditions of abundant rainfall. In this work, the behavior of rainfall in the municipality of Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, since 1951 and until 2022, is specifically explained and with a certain level of detail.