Ticul, Yucatán Records Mexico’s Heaviest All Souls’ Day Rainfall, Conagua Reports

Mexico heaviest All Souls Day rainfall Ticul Yucatan, Digi Mart USA News (Ticul, Yucatán, Mexico): Ticul, a city in southern Yucatán, received the heaviest All Souls’ Day rainfall in Mexico on Sunday, November 1, 2026, according to the National Water Commission (Conagua). The gauge recorded 121.5 millimeters (mm), meaning 121.5 liters of water fell per square meter.

Days of the Dead are observed in Mexico on November 1 and 2, while in Yucatán, offering tables of Hanal Pixán, the food of the souls, are set out on October 31 for deceased children, on November 1 for deceased adults, and on November 2 for all the faithful departed.

Social media users described the rain. Esmeralda Baas shared three photos captioned “Ticul under the rain” from 1:54 a.m.

on November 1, while Karina Álvarez said the rain, which fell from 9 p.m. that day and flooded some streets, was “too strong.”

Conagua also reported the second-heaviest All Souls’ Day rainfall, 111.1 mm, on November 1 in Puyacatengo, and the third, 90.7 mm, in Teapa, both in Tabasco. On November 2, the three heaviest All Souls’ Day rainfalls were recorded in Ángel Albino Corzo, Chiapas, with 47.3 mm; Platanar, Chiapas, with 35.4 mm; and Balancán, Tabasco, with 26.5 mm.

Ticul’s rainfall was also the fifth-heaviest in the country over the nine-day period from Tuesday, October 27, to Wednesday, November 4. Torocoba, Sonora, led that period with 135.1 mm recorded on Friday, October 30, by the Red de Estaciones Meteorológicas Automatizadas (Remas) of Sonora.

Islas Marías, Nayarit, recorded 130.3 mm on October 28 at a Secretaría de Marina (Semar) station. San José del Cabo, Baja California Sur, recorded 123.2 mm on October 30 according to the National Meteorological Service (SMN), and San Javier Sur, also in Baja California Sur, recorded 123 mm on the same day.

At the state level, Ticul’s All Souls’ Day rain did not surpass the record set in Motul five months earlier. Motul recorded 226 mm on June 1, 2026, which remains Yucatán’s heaviest rainfall so far in 2026.

On November 2, Yucatán’s heaviest All Souls’ Day rain fell in Becanchén, a community under the jurisdiction of Tekax, at 24 mm, which Conagua classifies as a light shower.

Conagua classifies rainfall above 75 mm as intense, above 150 mm as torrential, and above 250 mm as major.