Lepaera climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Lepaera?

Lepaera has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.5 °C and it receives 1,645 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Lepaera?

The hottest day measured in Lepaera between 1940 and 2025 was 12 May 2024, reaching 36.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Lepaera?

The coldest day measured in Lepaera between 1940 and 2025 was 6 December 1945, at 3.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Lepaera?

Almost never: Lepaera sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Lepaera warmed?

Yes: Lepaera warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Lepaera?

The wettest day measured in Lepaera between 1940 and 2025 was 16 October 2008, with 131 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Lepaera?

The windiest day measured in Lepaera between 1940 and 2025 was 16 March 1983, with winds reaching 20.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Lepaera?

The warmest month in Lepaera is May (22.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (18.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Lepaera?

Lepaera receives on average 1,645 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 224 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Lepaera?

Lepaera gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Lepaera (Honduras) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.5 °C and it receives 1,645 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is May (22.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (18.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.

Lepaera averages 0 frost days, 26 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 224 rainy days per year.

Lepaera has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 36.6 °C (on 12 May 2024) and the coldest 3.0 °C (on 6 December 1945).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

LepaeraLempira Department

coords: 14.78°, -88.59°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthMayColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthSeptemberDriest monthMarch

Mean daily temperature

20.5°C

Average daily high

25.5°C

Average daily low

16.7°C

Annual rainfall

1,645mm

Sunshine / day

9.5h

Mean relative humidity

84%

Average peak wind

8.1km/h

Seasonal range

4.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

26 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

224 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.4 °C

Average feels-like low

18.4 °C

Average peak gust

29.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

6 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.2 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.74 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

36.6 °C

12 May 2024

Coldest day

3.0 °C

6 December 1945

Wettest day

131 mm

16 October 2008

Windiest day

20.0 km/h

16 March 1983

Strongest gust

72.0 km/h

4 November 2020

Hottest feels-like

40.9 °C

23 April 2020

Coldest feels-like

0.4 °C

6 December 1945

Sunniest day

12.4 h

22 May 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.4 °C20 May 2025	10.4 °C18 January 2025	21.9 °C	1,484 mm	51
2024	36.6 °C12 May 2024	8.9 °C23 February 2024	22.7 °C	1,611 mm	112
2023	35.0 °C4 June 2023	9.6 °C16 January 2023	22.5 °C	1,326 mm	104
2022	34.0 °C6 April 2022	11.3 °C1 February 2022	21.6 °C	1,826 mm	40
2021	33.8 °C18 May 2021	11.0 °C4 February 2021	21.7 °C	1,441 mm	57
2020	36.3 °C10 April 2020	10.4 °C23 January 2020	22.0 °C	2,005 mm	80
2019	36.4 °C14 April 2019	9.3 °C28 December 2019	22.1 °C	1,208 mm	119
2018	31.8 °C30 May 2018	10.5 °C8 January 2018	21.3 °C	1,191 mm	38
2017	35.8 °C27 April 2017	9.3 °C25 January 2017	21.4 °C	1,968 mm	43
2016	35.1 °C1 May 2016	9.2 °C25 January 2016	21.6 °C	1,401 mm	55
2015	35.7 °C28 April 2015	11.4 °C17 February 2015	21.7 °C	1,352 mm	42
2014	32.9 °C28 April 2014	9.6 °C17 January 2014	21.0 °C	1,772 mm	15
2013	33.4 °C24 March 2013	9.9 °C4 March 2013	21.3 °C	1,660 mm	31
2012	33.1 °C9 May 2012	9.1 °C25 December 2012	20.9 °C	1,577 mm	28
2011	32.9 °C19 May 2011	9.7 °C23 March 2011	21.1 °C	2,014 mm	38
2010	34.9 °C12 March 2010	7.1 °C16 December 2010	21.0 °C	1,986 mm	46
2009	35.0 °C4 April 2009	8.3 °C3 March 2009	21.0 °C	1,335 mm	28
2008	33.9 °C15 May 2008	9.4 °C29 November 2008	20.6 °C	2,246 mm	35
2007	33.1 °C11 April 2007	9.8 °C21 February 2007	20.8 °C	1,427 mm	33
2006	32.6 °C18 April 2006	9.8 °C14 February 2006	20.7 °C	1,715 mm	14
2005	33.4 °C27 March 2005	7.2 °C24 November 2005	21.0 °C	1,878 mm	43
2004	32.8 °C10 April 2004	9.0 °C25 January 2004	20.6 °C	1,396 mm	10
2003	36.3 °C30 April 2003	8.6 °C8 December 2003	20.8 °C	1,641 mm	37
2002	32.0 °C2 May 2002	6.6 °C10 January 2002	20.7 °C	1,328 mm	8
2001	32.5 °C31 March 2001	8.3 °C8 March 2001	20.2 °C	1,489 mm	9
2000	32.8 °C24 April 2000	7.8 °C28 January 2000	20.1 °C	1,623 mm	7
1999	33.3 °C15 April 1999	7.0 °C29 December 1999	20.1 °C	2,029 mm	19
1998	35.7 °C12 May 1998	6.3 °C4 February 1998	21.5 °C	1,756 mm	56
1997	33.5 °C2 May 1997	8.9 °C16 December 1997	21.1 °C	1,485 mm	26
1996	30.9 °C13 April 1996	5.6 °C13 March 1996	20.3 °C	1,858 mm	3
1995	32.1 °C19 April 1995	8.8 °C1 January 1995	21.0 °C	1,915 mm	23
1994	32.6 °C28 March 1994	9.1 °C5 March 1994	20.9 °C	1,230 mm	16
1993	34.4 °C19 May 1993	8.2 °C21 December 1993	20.8 °C	1,604 mm	37
1992	32.7 °C20 April 1992	11.6 °C19 December 1992	20.8 °C	1,442 mm	17
1991	34.3 °C23 April 1991	10.1 °C13 February 1991	21.0 °C	1,352 mm	40
1990	31.6 °C27 April 1990	11.8 °C30 October 1990	20.7 °C	1,526 mm	14
1989	32.0 °C4 March 1989	8.2 °C14 March 1989	20.5 °C	1,608 mm	10
1988	33.8 °C20 May 1988	9.4 °C28 January 1988	20.8 °C	1,930 mm	31
1987	34.4 °C25 March 1987	7.9 °C7 January 1987	20.7 °C	1,300 mm	32
1986	32.7 °C11 May 1986	9.1 °C6 March 1986	20.3 °C	1,355 mm	27
1985	33.6 °C19 May 1985	9.5 °C28 January 1985	20.6 °C	1,379 mm	16
1984	34.7 °C11 April 1984	8.4 °C25 November 1984	20.5 °C	1,852 mm	29
1983	32.8 °C23 March 1983	10.7 °C21 March 1983	21.2 °C	1,639 mm	39
1982	32.1 °C14 May 1982	10.2 °C22 December 1982	21.0 °C	1,389 mm	31
1981	31.9 °C17 May 1981	6.2 °C1 January 1981	20.5 °C	1,890 mm	14
1980	32.3 °C29 March 1980	6.4 °C29 December 1980	20.7 °C	1,705 mm	26
1979	33.7 °C12 April 1979	10.4 °C4 January 1979	20.8 °C	1,908 mm	15
1978	33.6 °C7 May 1978	5.9 °C7 February 1978	20.5 °C	1,713 mm	26
1977	32.6 °C28 March 1977	8.3 °C3 January 1977	20.4 °C	1,578 mm	9
1976	30.2 °C14 May 1976	9.4 °C10 February 1976	19.8 °C	1,838 mm	1
1975	33.7 °C7 May 1975	6.4 °C23 December 1975	20.5 °C	1,573 mm	31
1974	33.9 °C12 May 1974	10.8 °C14 November 1974	20.2 °C	1,706 mm	23
1973	35.1 °C29 March 1973	8.7 °C19 December 1973	20.7 °C	1,754 mm	36
1972	32.7 °C30 March 1972	9.8 °C24 March 1972	20.6 °C	1,361 mm	13
1971	32.5 °C29 April 1971	10.4 °C15 February 1971	20.3 °C	1,538 mm	18
1970	32.9 °C30 April 1970	9.4 °C5 February 1970	20.2 °C	1,867 mm	26
1969	34.5 °C7 May 1969	11.8 °C18 January 1969	20.7 °C	2,198 mm	35
1968	31.5 °C5 May 1968	8.9 °C27 February 1968	19.9 °C	1,939 mm	7
1967	31.2 °C31 May 1967	7.6 °C18 March 1967	20.1 °C	1,537 mm	6
1966	31.1 °C4 April 1966	9.0 °C22 December 1966	19.9 °C	1,992 mm	2
1965	33.0 °C26 April 1965	9.5 °C8 January 1965	20.3 °C	1,525 mm	22
1964	35.2 °C3 May 1964	10.3 °C20 January 1964	20.4 °C	1,465 mm	28
1963	32.0 °C30 April 1963	6.9 °C6 February 1963	20.1 °C	1,416 mm	7
1962	32.9 °C12 March 1962	8.5 °C16 February 1962	19.7 °C	1,768 mm	12
1961	34.1 °C15 April 1961	10.5 °C26 December 1961	19.8 °C	1,552 mm	12
1960	32.5 °C3 April 1960	6.5 °C31 January 1960	19.6 °C	1,756 mm	20
1959	31.6 °C21 April 1959	8.7 °C10 February 1959	19.6 °C	1,644 mm	3
1958	32.9 °C5 April 1958	8.8 °C12 January 1958	20.3 °C	1,675 mm	18
1957	32.9 °C22 March 1957	8.3 °C11 December 1957	20.0 °C	1,691 mm	20
1956	33.6 °C9 April 1956	5.8 °C10 January 1956	19.3 °C	1,702 mm	14
1955	34.1 °C26 April 1955	9.9 °C3 May 1955	19.8 °C	1,594 mm	28
1954	31.5 °C13 March 1954	9.2 °C20 December 1954	19.6 °C	2,286 mm	1
1953	34.0 °C9 April 1953	6.6 °C11 January 1953	20.5 °C	1,933 mm	35
1952	32.7 °C15 March 1952	7.8 °C6 February 1952	20.2 °C	1,767 mm	23
1951	33.1 °C25 May 1951	7.2 °C12 January 1951	20.1 °C	1,479 mm	21
1950	30.9 °C19 May 1950	8.7 °C29 November 1950	19.2 °C	1,614 mm	7
1949	33.4 °C5 April 1949	10.3 °C16 February 1949	19.6 °C	1,396 mm	15
1948	32.4 °C1 April 1948	10.0 °C15 January 1948	19.8 °C	1,772 mm	6
1947	30.9 °C19 March 1947	6.7 °C16 February 1947	20.0 °C	1,688 mm	5
1946	30.9 °C26 March 1946	10.0 °C24 March 1946	19.7 °C	1,346 mm	7
1945	33.6 °C25 April 1945	3.0 °C6 December 1945	19.6 °C	1,744 mm	15
1944	32.3 °C17 April 1944	7.3 °C8 January 1944	19.4 °C	1,718 mm	18
1943	29.4 °C13 April 1943	8.0 °C20 December 1943	19.0 °C	1,567 mm	0
1942	30.2 °C26 March 1942	10.7 °C25 January 1942	19.4 °C	1,928 mm	1
1941	34.0 °C7 April 1941	7.1 °C13 February 1941	19.6 °C	1,278 mm	19
1940	31.5 °C17 April 1940	8.5 °C19 February 1940	19.7 °C	1,538 mm	9

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.9 °C

+1.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

51 d/yr

+25

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1484 mm

-161 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	23.5 °C	+1.1 °C	102 mm	+26 mm
Feb	25.3 °C	+1.4 °C	40 mm	-11 mm
Mar	27.9 °C	+1.5 °C	39 mm	-2 mm
Apr	27.4 °C	-0.9 °C	54 mm	+5 mm
May	31.4 °C	+3.0 °C	51 mm	-95 mm
Jun	28.3 °C	+1.2 °C	272 mm	+20 mm
Jul	27.8 °C	+1.7 °C	146 mm	-21 mm
Aug	28.4 °C	+1.9 °C	113 mm	-65 mm
Sep	28.4 °C	+1.9 °C	270 mm	+3 mm
Oct	26.4 °C	+1.5 °C	169 mm	-31 mm
Nov	24.0 °C	+0.9 °C	124 mm	-4 mm
Dec	23.8 °C	+1.5 °C	104 mm	+12 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.4 °C

20 May 2025

Coldest day

10.4 °C

18 Jan 2025

Wettest day

35.2 mm

11 Nov 2025

Windiest day

13.1 km/h

19 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

50.0 km/h

11 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

38.5 °C

20 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

10.0 °C

18 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.4 h

29 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Lepaera?

Lepaera has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.5 °C and it receives 1,645 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Lepaera?

The hottest day measured in Lepaera between 1940 and 2025 was 12 May 2024, reaching 36.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Lepaera?

The coldest day measured in Lepaera between 1940 and 2025 was 6 December 1945, at 3.0 °C.

Does it snow in Lepaera?

Almost never: Lepaera sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Lepaera warmed?

Yes: Lepaera warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Lepaera?

The wettest day measured in Lepaera between 1940 and 2025 was 16 October 2008, with 131 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Lepaera?

The windiest day measured in Lepaera between 1940 and 2025 was 16 March 1983, with winds reaching 20.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Lepaera?

The warmest month in Lepaera is May (22.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (18.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Lepaera?

Lepaera receives on average 1,645 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 224 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Lepaera?

Lepaera gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Lepaera?

Yes: Lepaera has on average 6 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Lepaera?

In Lepaera, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.9 °C on 23 April 2020, and the lowest was 0.4 °C on 6 December 1945.

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