Potrerillos climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Potrerillos?

Potrerillos has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.0 °C and it receives 1,550 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Potrerillos between 1940 and 2025 was 30 April 2003, reaching 41.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Potrerillos?

The coldest day measured in Potrerillos between 1940 and 2025 was 6 December 1945, at 9.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Potrerillos?

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

Q: Has the climate of Potrerillos warmed?

Yes: Potrerillos warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Potrerillos?

The wettest day measured in Potrerillos between 1940 and 2025 was 5 November 1990, with 146 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Potrerillos?

The windiest day measured in Potrerillos between 1940 and 2025 was 19 September 1974, with winds reaching 19.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Potrerillos?

The warmest month in Potrerillos is May (26.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (21.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Potrerillos?

Potrerillos receives on average 1,550 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 232 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Potrerillos?

Potrerillos gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Potrerillos (Honduras) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.0 °C and it receives 1,550 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 (26.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (21.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Potrerillos averages 0 frost days, 143 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 232 rainy days per year.

Potrerillos has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 41.4 °C (on 30 April 2003) and the coldest 9.7 °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

PotrerillosCortés Department

coords: 15.23°, -87.96°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthMayColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthOctoberDriest monthMarch

Mean daily temperature

24.0°C

Average daily high

28.9°C

Average daily low

20.4°C

Annual rainfall

1,550mm

Sunshine / day

9.8h

Mean relative humidity

85%

Average peak wind

8.3km/h

Seasonal range

5.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

143 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

232 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

33.6 °C

Average feels-like low

23.8 °C

Average peak gust

28.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

237 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.6 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.78 · 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

41.4 °C

30 April 2003

Coldest day

9.7 °C

6 December 1945

Wettest day

146 mm

5 November 1990

Windiest day

19.0 km/h

19 September 1974

Strongest gust

71.6 km/h

19 September 1974

Hottest feels-like

45.3 °C

24 May 2020

Coldest feels-like

8.6 °C

6 December 1945

Sunniest day

12.5 h

16 June 2023

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	37.9 °C20 May 2025	16.1 °C18 January 2025	25.5 °C	1,375 mm	213
2024	41.3 °C26 March 2024	13.7 °C23 February 2024	26.1 °C	1,901 mm	253
2023	40.0 °C12 June 2023	13.4 °C16 January 2023	26.3 °C	1,248 mm	273
2022	39.4 °C6 April 2022	16.2 °C8 February 2022	25.2 °C	1,498 mm	231
2021	39.6 °C4 May 2021	14.0 °C4 February 2021	25.6 °C	1,107 mm	256
2020	40.6 °C12 April 2020	15.0 °C23 January 2020	25.8 °C	1,621 mm	256
2019	40.3 °C9 May 2019	13.6 °C29 January 2019	25.9 °C	1,027 mm	272
2018	37.3 °C29 May 2018	14.9 °C22 December 2018	24.9 °C	1,119 mm	239
2017	40.3 °C27 April 2017	14.0 °C24 January 2017	25.1 °C	1,530 mm	218
2016	39.1 °C30 April 2016	12.9 °C25 January 2016	25.1 °C	1,283 mm	221
2015	40.7 °C28 April 2015	14.8 °C11 February 2015	25.1 °C	1,358 mm	210
2014	37.4 °C7 April 2014	13.4 °C17 January 2014	24.7 °C	1,595 mm	214
2013	38.7 °C24 March 2013	13.1 °C4 March 2013	24.8 °C	1,456 mm	206
2012	37.5 °C9 May 2012	14.2 °C24 December 2012	24.6 °C	1,348 mm	197
2011	40.1 °C19 May 2011	14.4 °C23 March 2011	24.9 °C	1,405 mm	215
2010	38.7 °C11 March 2010	12.5 °C16 December 2010	24.6 °C	1,528 mm	208
2009	38.3 °C2 April 2009	12.2 °C3 March 2009	24.8 °C	1,130 mm	223
2008	37.5 °C24 May 2008	13.8 °C14 December 2008	24.2 °C	1,679 mm	173
2007	38.8 °C14 April 2007	13.2 °C21 February 2007	24.5 °C	1,276 mm	197
2006	36.7 °C10 May 2006	12.8 °C14 February 2006	24.3 °C	1,687 mm	165
2005	39.9 °C27 March 2005	11.9 °C25 November 2005	24.7 °C	1,683 mm	198
2004	37.4 °C12 April 2004	14.1 °C20 February 2004	24.0 °C	1,475 mm	154
2003	41.4 °C30 April 2003	13.2 °C8 December 2003	24.5 °C	1,445 mm	202
2002	36.4 °C2 May 2002	11.8 °C10 January 2002	24.2 °C	1,292 mm	162
2001	35.8 °C29 March 2001	12.3 °C7 January 2001	23.7 °C	1,385 mm	135
2000	36.7 °C24 April 2000	12.8 °C27 January 2000	23.4 °C	1,307 mm	95
1999	36.5 °C7 May 1999	11.7 °C29 December 1999	23.5 °C	1,765 mm	122
1998	39.1 °C8 April 1998	10.7 °C4 February 1998	24.9 °C	1,733 mm	193
1997	38.4 °C27 April 1997	12.6 °C21 January 1997	24.5 °C	1,434 mm	138
1996	34.3 °C13 April 1996	10.0 °C13 March 1996	23.6 °C	1,904 mm	139
1995	37.3 °C19 April 1995	14.0 °C1 January 1995	24.5 °C	1,718 mm	189
1994	36.6 °C28 March 1994	12.6 °C5 March 1994	24.4 °C	1,098 mm	183
1993	39.1 °C15 April 1993	12.6 °C20 December 1993	24.1 °C	1,587 mm	139
1992	36.9 °C3 April 1992	15.8 °C4 May 1992	24.1 °C	1,407 mm	140
1991	38.9 °C23 April 1991	12.9 °C11 February 1991	24.4 °C	1,364 mm	181
1990	36.0 °C21 May 1990	14.4 °C23 March 1990	24.1 °C	1,950 mm	138
1989	36.5 °C9 June 1989	11.5 °C25 February 1989	24.1 °C	1,460 mm	165
1988	40.0 °C30 April 1988	13.2 °C28 February 1988	24.3 °C	1,661 mm	172
1987	36.8 °C23 March 1987	12.4 °C7 January 1987	24.0 °C	1,438 mm	161
1986	36.6 °C15 March 1986	13.1 °C29 January 1986	23.6 °C	1,396 mm	105
1985	36.2 °C18 May 1985	14.1 °C28 January 1985	24.0 °C	1,327 mm	140
1984	38.5 °C4 May 1984	12.0 °C25 November 1984	23.8 °C	1,520 mm	129
1983	36.6 °C16 March 1983	15.7 °C19 February 1983	24.6 °C	1,465 mm	181
1982	35.8 °C9 April 1982	15.2 °C16 January 1982	24.2 °C	1,564 mm	133
1981	36.2 °C18 May 1981	11.0 °C1 January 1981	23.8 °C	1,599 mm	134
1980	36.8 °C28 March 1980	11.8 °C29 December 1980	24.0 °C	1,736 mm	141
1979	36.0 °C12 April 1979	14.6 °C4 January 1979	24.1 °C	2,129 mm	119
1978	37.3 °C2 May 1978	10.2 °C7 February 1978	23.8 °C	1,912 mm	111
1977	35.8 °C28 March 1977	11.9 °C24 January 1977	23.7 °C	1,532 mm	112
1976	36.0 °C7 April 1976	12.7 °C11 February 1976	23.1 °C	1,871 mm	73
1975	37.8 °C6 May 1975	12.0 °C24 December 1975	24.1 °C	1,560 mm	162
1974	38.2 °C12 May 1974	13.1 °C13 February 1974	23.6 °C	1,540 mm	114
1973	39.3 °C3 April 1973	12.4 °C18 December 1973	24.0 °C	1,714 mm	151
1972	37.0 °C30 March 1972	14.5 °C14 February 1972	24.0 °C	1,600 mm	103
1971	35.0 °C23 April 1971	14.0 °C15 February 1971	23.6 °C	1,448 mm	115
1970	36.2 °C19 April 1970	14.2 °C18 November 1970	23.5 °C	1,731 mm	118
1969	41.0 °C6 May 1969	14.7 °C15 December 1969	23.9 °C	1,699 mm	110
1968	35.0 °C5 May 1968	12.8 °C9 February 1968	23.3 °C	1,810 mm	106
1967	36.3 °C31 May 1967	13.3 °C18 March 1967	23.6 °C	1,617 mm	100
1966	33.2 °C28 May 1966	12.5 °C30 November 1966	23.2 °C	1,950 mm	89
1965	37.8 °C26 April 1965	13.7 °C18 January 1965	23.7 °C	1,493 mm	139
1964	39.6 °C3 May 1964	14.7 °C20 January 1964	23.9 °C	1,523 mm	140
1963	35.4 °C14 June 1963	11.4 °C6 February 1963	23.5 °C	1,556 mm	128
1962	36.1 °C11 March 1962	13.1 °C16 February 1962	23.1 °C	1,721 mm	110
1961	38.0 °C15 April 1961	13.2 °C26 December 1961	23.2 °C	1,686 mm	87
1960	36.5 °C5 May 1960	11.0 °C31 January 1960	22.9 °C	1,621 mm	113
1959	34.4 °C21 April 1959	13.3 °C10 February 1959	22.9 °C	1,571 mm	100
1958	36.3 °C5 April 1958	11.6 °C9 February 1958	23.6 °C	1,643 mm	116
1957	37.1 °C23 March 1957	12.4 °C11 December 1957	23.4 °C	1,538 mm	120
1956	37.4 °C10 April 1956	11.4 °C14 January 1956	22.5 °C	1,634 mm	63
1955	37.7 °C28 April 1955	13.7 °C1 February 1955	23.1 °C	1,383 mm	95
1954	34.4 °C13 March 1954	12.1 °C21 December 1954	22.9 °C	1,806 mm	53
1953	38.7 °C8 April 1953	12.4 °C11 January 1953	24.0 °C	1,720 mm	115
1952	36.8 °C25 March 1952	13.1 °C28 February 1952	23.6 °C	1,735 mm	115
1951	38.9 °C25 May 1951	12.8 °C12 January 1951	23.4 °C	1,515 mm	108
1950	34.6 °C4 April 1950	13.4 °C22 December 1950	22.4 °C	1,665 mm	53
1949	38.1 °C4 April 1949	14.5 °C3 January 1949	23.0 °C	1,258 mm	70
1948	37.2 °C1 April 1948	13.9 °C15 January 1948	23.1 °C	1,699 mm	59
1947	35.2 °C25 April 1947	12.2 °C16 February 1947	23.4 °C	1,291 mm	89
1946	35.5 °C26 May 1946	14.9 °C24 March 1946	22.9 °C	1,480 mm	61
1945	38.0 °C25 April 1945	9.7 °C6 December 1945	22.9 °C	1,799 mm	72
1944	36.2 °C16 April 1944	13.2 °C19 January 1944	22.8 °C	1,467 mm	76
1943	32.3 °C3 June 1943	10.9 °C20 December 1943	22.3 °C	1,600 mm	44
1942	34.4 °C15 May 1942	15.1 °C26 January 1942	22.6 °C	1,891 mm	48
1941	36.1 °C6 May 1941	12.0 °C13 February 1941	22.7 °C	1,502 mm	43
1940	35.9 °C18 April 1940	13.7 °C24 February 1940	22.9 °C	1,515 mm	84

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

30.6 °C

+1.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

213 d/yr

+70

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1375 mm

-175 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	26.7 °C	+1.3 °C	96 mm	+13 mm
Feb	28.5 °C	+1.5 °C	61 mm	+3 mm
Mar	31.3 °C	+1.6 °C	47 mm	-5 mm
Apr	31.3 °C	-0.5 °C	59 mm	+6 mm
May	35.3 °C	+2.9 °C	52 mm	-67 mm
Jun	32.7 °C	+1.7 °C	167 mm	-25 mm
Jul	31.5 °C	+1.8 °C	142 mm	-34 mm
Aug	32.6 °C	+2.6 °C	95 mm	-67 mm
Sep	32.5 °C	+2.3 °C	158 mm	-38 mm
Oct	30.3 °C	+2.1 °C	196 mm	-10 mm
Nov	27.1 °C	+0.8 °C	178 mm	+27 mm
Dec	27.0 °C	+1.6 °C	124 mm	+23 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.9 °C

20 May 2025

Coldest day

16.1 °C

18 Jan 2025

Wettest day

48.7 mm

11 Nov 2025

Windiest day

15.1 km/h

22 May 2025

Strongest gust

47.9 km/h

11 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.1 °C

6 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

17.7 °C

18 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.4 h

9 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Potrerillos?

Potrerillos has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.0 °C and it receives 1,550 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Potrerillos?

The hottest day measured in Potrerillos between 1940 and 2025 was 30 April 2003, reaching 41.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Potrerillos?

The coldest day measured in Potrerillos between 1940 and 2025 was 6 December 1945, at 9.7 °C.

Does it snow in Potrerillos?

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

Has the climate of Potrerillos warmed?

Yes: Potrerillos warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Potrerillos?

The wettest day measured in Potrerillos between 1940 and 2025 was 5 November 1990, with 146 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Potrerillos?

The windiest day measured in Potrerillos between 1940 and 2025 was 19 September 1974, with winds reaching 19.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Potrerillos?

The warmest month in Potrerillos is May (26.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (21.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Potrerillos?

Potrerillos receives on average 1,550 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 232 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Potrerillos?

Potrerillos gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Potrerillos?

Yes: Potrerillos has on average 237 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Potrerillos?

In Potrerillos, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.3 °C on 24 May 2020, and the lowest was 8.6 °C on 6 December 1945.

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