Olanchito climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Olanchito?

Olanchito has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.0 °C and it receives 1,754 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Olanchito between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 2024, reaching 37.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Olanchito?

The coldest day measured in Olanchito between 1940 and 2025 was 7 December 1945, at 8.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Olanchito?

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

Q: Has the climate of Olanchito warmed?

Yes: Olanchito warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Olanchito?

The wettest day measured in Olanchito between 1940 and 2025 was 28 October 1957, with 227 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Olanchito?

The windiest day measured in Olanchito between 1940 and 2025 was 28 October 1998, with winds reaching 36.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Olanchito?

The warmest month in Olanchito is May (25.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (20.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Olanchito?

Olanchito receives on average 1,754 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 230 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Olanchito?

Olanchito gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Olanchito (Honduras) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 23.0 °C and it receives 1,754 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 (25.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (20.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Olanchito averages 0 frost days, 112 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 230 rainy days per year.

Olanchito has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 37.8 °C (on 26 March 2024) and the coldest 8.4 °C (on 7 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

OlanchitoYoro Department

coords: 15.48°, -86.57°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthMayColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthOctoberDriest monthApril

Mean daily temperature

23.0°C

Average daily high

28.3°C

Average daily low

18.9°C

Annual rainfall

1,754mm

Sunshine / day

10.5h

Mean relative humidity

84%

Average peak wind

8.0km/h

Seasonal range

4.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

112 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

230 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

32.5 °C

Average feels-like low

21.4 °C

Average peak gust

31.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

117 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.3 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.77 · 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

37.8 °C

26 March 2024

Coldest day

8.4 °C

7 December 1945

Wettest day

227 mm

28 October 1957

Windiest day

36.1 km/h

28 October 1998

Strongest gust

96.1 km/h

28 October 1998

Hottest feels-like

43.5 °C

26 March 2024

Coldest feels-like

7.3 °C

7 December 1945

Sunniest day

12.7 h

4 June 1978

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	35.1 °C9 May 2025	13.9 °C12 April 2025	24.5 °C	1,665 mm	181
2024	37.8 °C26 March 2024	12.7 °C9 February 2024	25.0 °C	2,034 mm	215
2023	36.7 °C13 June 2023	12.8 °C17 January 2023	24.8 °C	1,526 mm	233
2022	34.5 °C6 April 2022	15.1 °C16 December 2022	23.9 °C	1,647 mm	138
2021	35.6 °C19 May 2021	14.0 °C3 February 2021	24.3 °C	1,258 mm	205
2020	36.7 °C13 April 2020	13.4 °C24 February 2020	24.5 °C	1,804 mm	208
2019	36.0 °C14 April 2019	12.3 °C29 January 2019	24.5 °C	1,050 mm	217
2018	34.3 °C14 April 2018	14.1 °C8 January 2018	23.6 °C	1,591 mm	151
2017	35.8 °C28 April 2017	12.6 °C24 January 2017	23.8 °C	2,045 mm	149
2016	35.8 °C1 April 2016	13.5 °C25 January 2016	24.1 °C	1,771 mm	183
2015	36.1 °C27 April 2015	14.2 °C16 February 2015	24.1 °C	1,573 mm	150
2014	36.2 °C7 April 2014	15.5 °C5 February 2014	23.8 °C	1,675 mm	170
2013	34.8 °C11 April 2013	12.7 °C4 March 2013	23.7 °C	1,710 mm	141
2012	33.8 °C3 April 2012	13.4 °C25 December 2012	23.3 °C	1,581 mm	111
2011	36.6 °C27 April 2011	14.2 °C7 January 2011	23.6 °C	1,668 mm	156
2010	37.0 °C11 March 2010	13.1 °C15 December 2010	23.3 °C	2,074 mm	135
2009	36.1 °C2 April 2009	12.6 °C22 January 2009	23.4 °C	1,703 mm	147
2008	35.5 °C24 May 2008	14.3 °C14 December 2008	23.4 °C	2,061 mm	133
2007	35.2 °C14 April 2007	12.9 °C20 February 2007	23.5 °C	1,746 mm	149
2006	34.2 °C21 March 2006	12.6 °C16 January 2006	23.5 °C	1,850 mm	140
2005	35.8 °C30 April 2005	12.1 °C25 November 2005	23.6 °C	2,200 mm	140
2004	35.1 °C12 April 2004	13.9 °C20 February 2004	23.4 °C	1,387 mm	129
2003	36.4 °C18 March 2003	12.5 °C10 January 2003	23.5 °C	1,856 mm	163
2002	33.7 °C2 May 2002	11.4 °C10 January 2002	23.3 °C	1,490 mm	132
2001	34.3 °C29 March 2001	12.0 °C24 March 2001	22.8 °C	1,709 mm	124
2000	34.2 °C24 April 2000	10.6 °C27 January 2000	22.6 °C	1,405 mm	103
1999	35.5 °C5 May 1999	11.3 °C13 January 1999	22.7 °C	1,950 mm	97
1998	36.6 °C16 February 1998	10.1 °C4 February 1998	23.8 °C	1,996 mm	167
1997	36.1 °C26 April 1997	11.6 °C21 January 1997	23.4 °C	1,559 mm	114
1996	32.9 °C6 July 1996	10.5 °C14 January 1996	22.8 °C	2,212 mm	112
1995	36.4 °C11 April 1995	12.9 °C17 January 1995	23.6 °C	1,827 mm	174
1994	35.2 °C28 March 1994	11.3 °C5 March 1994	23.5 °C	1,032 mm	173
1993	36.8 °C15 April 1993	10.7 °C20 March 1993	23.2 °C	1,819 mm	93
1992	35.1 °C19 April 1992	13.6 °C14 January 1992	23.4 °C	1,235 mm	136
1991	36.2 °C27 April 1991	11.6 °C11 February 1991	23.7 °C	1,273 mm	167
1990	34.3 °C13 May 1990	12.5 °C1 January 1990	23.3 °C	2,029 mm	109
1989	34.0 °C4 March 1989	10.5 °C13 March 1989	23.2 °C	1,596 mm	135
1988	36.8 °C30 April 1988	13.7 °C1 March 1988	23.4 °C	1,898 mm	153
1987	36.2 °C23 March 1987	12.2 °C29 January 1987	22.9 °C	1,586 mm	118
1986	35.6 °C15 March 1986	10.9 °C4 March 1986	22.5 °C	1,671 mm	69
1985	34.3 °C21 March 1985	13.1 °C18 January 1985	23.1 °C	1,398 mm	122
1984	36.6 °C11 April 1984	11.1 °C25 November 1984	23.1 °C	1,647 mm	116
1983	37.7 °C16 March 1983	12.9 °C3 March 1983	23.8 °C	1,510 mm	166
1982	35.0 °C10 April 1982	12.8 °C30 December 1982	23.3 °C	1,561 mm	102
1981	34.5 °C18 May 1981	12.2 °C20 January 1981	23.0 °C	1,662 mm	102
1980	35.1 °C29 March 1980	10.9 °C29 December 1980	23.2 °C	1,992 mm	97
1979	34.7 °C12 April 1979	14.6 °C1 January 1979	23.3 °C	2,101 mm	108
1978	37.4 °C6 May 1978	11.1 °C16 January 1978	23.0 °C	2,061 mm	81
1977	34.4 °C30 March 1977	12.5 °C20 January 1977	23.0 °C	1,601 mm	87
1976	34.0 °C14 May 1976	11.6 °C11 February 1976	22.4 °C	2,201 mm	54
1975	35.4 °C8 May 1975	11.0 °C25 December 1975	23.2 °C	1,636 mm	136
1974	35.7 °C14 May 1974	13.0 °C13 February 1974	22.6 °C	1,864 mm	83
1973	37.5 °C3 April 1973	11.6 °C13 February 1973	23.3 °C	1,591 mm	123
1972	36.4 °C30 March 1972	12.3 °C24 March 1972	23.2 °C	1,525 mm	108
1971	34.3 °C23 April 1971	13.3 °C25 January 1971	22.8 °C	1,684 mm	89
1970	34.6 °C16 April 1970	12.1 °C11 January 1970	22.6 °C	1,979 mm	94
1969	37.0 °C5 May 1969	13.6 °C10 January 1969	23.0 °C	2,028 mm	93
1968	34.2 °C7 May 1968	12.0 °C8 February 1968	22.4 °C	2,427 mm	80
1967	34.3 °C13 May 1967	11.4 °C18 March 1967	22.8 °C	1,966 mm	77
1966	32.7 °C4 April 1966	13.4 °C29 January 1966	22.7 °C	2,266 mm	87
1965	33.7 °C11 June 1965	12.1 °C30 January 1965	22.9 °C	1,758 mm	107
1964	36.6 °C1 May 1964	13.6 °C7 January 1964	23.0 °C	1,839 mm	113
1963	34.1 °C7 June 1963	11.1 °C6 February 1963	22.6 °C	1,820 mm	91
1962	34.9 °C11 March 1962	12.1 °C15 February 1962	22.4 °C	1,909 mm	80
1961	36.0 °C15 April 1961	13.5 °C24 February 1961	22.5 °C	1,829 mm	81
1960	34.6 °C17 March 1960	12.1 °C26 January 1960	22.1 °C	1,974 mm	57
1959	33.8 °C21 April 1959	12.3 °C14 February 1959	22.3 °C	1,813 mm	84
1958	35.2 °C5 April 1958	10.2 °C5 February 1958	22.9 °C	1,750 mm	101
1957	36.7 °C23 March 1957	12.9 °C11 March 1957	22.6 °C	1,820 mm	109
1956	35.7 °C16 April 1956	10.9 °C16 January 1956	21.7 °C	1,585 mm	46
1955	35.6 °C20 May 1955	13.0 °C23 December 1955	22.1 °C	1,568 mm	74
1954	33.1 °C13 March 1954	12.8 °C22 January 1954	22.1 °C	1,758 mm	44
1953	37.6 °C7 April 1953	10.6 °C11 January 1953	23.1 °C	1,727 mm	84
1952	34.5 °C14 March 1952	13.0 °C1 February 1952	22.6 °C	1,987 mm	87
1951	35.6 °C7 April 1951	12.5 °C3 March 1951	22.6 °C	1,670 mm	70
1950	33.7 °C4 April 1950	11.7 °C14 December 1950	21.6 °C	1,740 mm	52
1949	37.0 °C4 April 1949	12.6 °C23 January 1949	21.9 °C	1,841 mm	44
1948	36.8 °C1 April 1948	13.8 °C16 January 1948	22.2 °C	1,722 mm	45
1947	34.4 °C25 April 1947	13.0 °C16 February 1947	22.4 °C	1,562 mm	70
1946	33.6 °C13 May 1946	13.3 °C23 March 1946	22.0 °C	1,454 mm	60
1945	35.7 °C14 May 1945	8.4 °C7 December 1945	21.8 °C	1,759 mm	49
1944	33.9 °C26 April 1944	10.3 °C8 January 1944	21.7 °C	2,001 mm	55
1943	31.9 °C12 April 1943	11.4 °C20 December 1943	21.4 °C	1,922 mm	21
1942	32.1 °C25 April 1942	12.4 °C26 January 1942	21.6 °C	2,071 mm	21
1941	35.7 °C3 April 1941	10.7 °C14 January 1941	21.6 °C	1,692 mm	33
1940	34.6 °C18 April 1940	12.9 °C19 February 1940	22.0 °C	1,780 mm	68

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.7 °C

+1.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

181 d/yr

+69

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1665 mm

-89 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	27.0 °C	+1.5 °C	155 mm	+38 mm
Feb	28.3 °C	+1.6 °C	63 mm	-23 mm
Mar	30.6 °C	+1.7 °C	51 mm	-17 mm
Apr	29.9 °C	-0.7 °C	97 mm	+44 mm
May	32.8 °C	+2.0 °C	52 mm	-76 mm
Jun	31.0 °C	+0.9 °C	190 mm	-1 mm
Jul	31.0 °C	+1.8 °C	145 mm	-23 mm
Aug	31.1 °C	+1.7 °C	121 mm	-40 mm
Sep	31.0 °C	+1.5 °C	154 mm	-30 mm
Oct	29.4 °C	+1.7 °C	192 mm	-45 mm
Nov	27.4 °C	+1.3 °C	312 mm	+95 mm
Dec	27.2 °C	+1.9 °C	134 mm	-9 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.1 °C

9 May 2025

Coldest day

13.9 °C

12 Apr 2025

Wettest day

96.4 mm

11 Nov 2025

Windiest day

13.3 km/h

26 Aug 2025

Strongest gust

47.5 km/h

5 Aug 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.5 °C

15 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

14.7 °C

12 Apr 2025

Sunniest day

12.7 h

20 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Olanchito?

Olanchito has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.0 °C and it receives 1,754 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Olanchito?

The hottest day measured in Olanchito between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 2024, reaching 37.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Olanchito?

The coldest day measured in Olanchito between 1940 and 2025 was 7 December 1945, at 8.4 °C.

Does it snow in Olanchito?

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

Has the climate of Olanchito warmed?

Yes: Olanchito warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Olanchito?

The wettest day measured in Olanchito between 1940 and 2025 was 28 October 1957, with 227 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Olanchito?

The windiest day measured in Olanchito between 1940 and 2025 was 28 October 1998, with winds reaching 36.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Olanchito?

The warmest month in Olanchito is May (25.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (20.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Olanchito?

Olanchito receives on average 1,754 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 230 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Olanchito?

Olanchito gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Olanchito?

Yes: Olanchito has on average 117 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Olanchito?

In Olanchito, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.5 °C on 26 March 2024, and the lowest was 7.3 °C on 7 December 1945.

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