Sulaco climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Sulaco?

Sulaco has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.8 °C and it receives 1,309 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Sulaco between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 2024, reaching 38.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Sulaco?

The coldest day measured in Sulaco between 1940 and 2025 was 6 December 1945, at 6.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Sulaco?

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

Q: Has the climate of Sulaco warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Sulaco?

The wettest day measured in Sulaco between 1940 and 2025 was 31 October 1998, with 150 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Sulaco?

The windiest day measured in Sulaco between 1940 and 2025 was 16 March 1983, with winds reaching 22.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Sulaco?

The warmest month in Sulaco is May (23.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (19.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Sulaco?

Sulaco receives on average 1,309 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 198 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Sulaco?

Sulaco gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Sulaco (Honduras) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.8 °C and it receives 1,309 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 (23.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (19.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.

Sulaco averages 0 frost days, 78 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 198 rainy days per year.

Sulaco has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 38.6 °C (on 26 March 2024) and the coldest 6.6 °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

SulacoYoro Department

coords: 14.92°, -87.27°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMayColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthSeptemberDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

21.8°C

Average daily high

27.4°C

Average daily low

17.4°C

Annual rainfall

1,309mm

Sunshine / day

9.7h

Mean relative humidity

78%

Average peak wind

8.7km/h

Seasonal range

4.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

78 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

198 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

29.7 °C

Average feels-like low

19.0 °C

Average peak gust

30.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

25 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.6 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.77 · 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

38.6 °C

26 March 2024

Coldest day

6.6 °C

6 December 1945

Wettest day

150 mm

31 October 1998

Windiest day

22.4 km/h

16 March 1983

Strongest gust

75.2 km/h

28 October 1998

Hottest feels-like

41.1 °C

24 April 2020

Coldest feels-like

5.5 °C

6 December 1945

Sunniest day

12.6 h

31 May 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	36.5 °C20 May 2025	12.9 °C12 April 2025	23.2 °C	1,229 mm	136
2024	38.6 °C26 March 2024	10.4 °C23 February 2024	23.8 °C	1,649 mm	153
2023	35.9 °C15 April 2023	11.1 °C15 January 2023	23.8 °C	1,249 mm	207
2022	35.8 °C18 May 2022	13.0 °C15 January 2022	22.7 °C	1,297 mm	98
2021	35.9 °C19 May 2021	11.4 °C3 February 2021	23.2 °C	950 mm	178
2020	38.3 °C10 April 2020	12.5 °C10 December 2020	23.2 °C	1,552 mm	164
2019	36.3 °C9 May 2019	12.3 °C29 January 2019	23.4 °C	921 mm	204
2018	34.4 °C24 July 2018	10.8 °C22 December 2018	22.5 °C	1,082 mm	128
2017	36.3 °C5 April 2017	11.1 °C25 January 2017	22.6 °C	1,614 mm	118
2016	36.9 °C1 April 2016	11.1 °C25 January 2016	23.1 °C	1,031 mm	161
2015	38.0 °C27 April 2015	12.4 °C30 January 2015	23.2 °C	1,146 mm	135
2014	35.2 °C7 April 2014	11.2 °C17 January 2014	22.6 °C	1,245 mm	137
2013	36.1 °C14 April 2013	9.0 °C4 March 2013	22.8 °C	1,127 mm	114
2012	34.3 °C6 April 2012	10.8 °C24 December 2012	22.3 °C	1,084 mm	101
2011	35.1 °C30 March 2011	11.1 °C1 December 2011	22.3 °C	1,223 mm	108
2010	38.0 °C12 March 2010	10.9 °C16 December 2010	22.1 °C	1,443 mm	92
2009	37.4 °C4 April 2009	9.0 °C3 March 2009	22.4 °C	1,133 mm	94
2008	36.7 °C14 May 2008	11.6 °C29 November 2008	22.1 °C	1,412 mm	110
2007	35.9 °C14 April 2007	11.7 °C19 February 2007	22.3 °C	1,242 mm	121
2006	36.0 °C8 May 2006	9.9 °C14 February 2006	22.2 °C	1,332 mm	90
2005	36.5 °C27 March 2005	9.6 °C25 November 2005	22.4 °C	1,587 mm	89
2004	35.9 °C11 April 2004	12.3 °C1 March 2004	22.2 °C	1,144 mm	85
2003	37.7 °C30 April 2003	10.2 °C8 December 2003	22.4 °C	1,121 mm	110
2002	35.2 °C2 May 2002	10.2 °C10 January 2002	22.2 °C	1,150 mm	69
2001	34.5 °C31 March 2001	11.0 °C24 January 2001	21.6 °C	1,025 mm	78
2000	34.0 °C24 April 2000	9.5 °C27 January 2000	21.3 °C	1,018 mm	37
1999	35.3 °C3 May 1999	10.0 °C27 November 1999	21.3 °C	1,416 mm	51
1998	37.3 °C13 May 1998	9.5 °C4 February 1998	22.8 °C	1,595 mm	115
1997	34.5 °C26 May 1997	9.9 °C16 December 1997	22.1 °C	1,396 mm	65
1996	33.4 °C31 March 1996	7.9 °C14 January 1996	21.4 °C	1,601 mm	52
1995	34.4 °C12 April 1995	11.8 °C11 February 1995	22.3 °C	1,482 mm	96
1994	34.3 °C8 June 1994	10.5 °C4 March 1994	22.5 °C	779 mm	140
1993	35.4 °C2 May 1993	8.6 °C28 January 1993	21.9 °C	1,405 mm	72
1992	34.5 °C3 April 1992	12.3 °C8 January 1992	22.3 °C	1,100 mm	104
1991	35.1 °C24 April 1991	10.4 °C11 February 1991	22.4 °C	973 mm	136
1990	35.2 °C13 May 1990	11.8 °C20 December 1990	22.1 °C	1,296 mm	87
1989	33.9 °C10 April 1989	8.3 °C13 March 1989	21.8 °C	1,170 mm	91
1988	36.9 °C30 April 1988	10.9 °C28 January 1988	22.1 °C	1,458 mm	102
1987	35.4 °C25 March 1987	9.8 °C29 January 1987	21.8 °C	1,215 mm	68
1986	35.0 °C18 May 1986	10.6 °C29 January 1986	21.4 °C	1,141 mm	61
1985	34.7 °C23 March 1985	12.0 °C25 January 1985	22.0 °C	1,086 mm	78
1984	35.8 °C11 April 1984	9.2 °C25 November 1984	21.6 °C	1,282 mm	55
1983	34.6 °C27 April 1983	12.9 °C14 January 1983	22.5 °C	1,272 mm	97
1982	34.0 °C6 April 1982	10.9 °C26 February 1982	21.9 °C	1,225 mm	66
1981	33.7 °C18 May 1981	10.2 °C12 December 1981	21.6 °C	1,441 mm	52
1980	34.9 °C17 May 1980	8.7 °C29 December 1980	21.7 °C	1,400 mm	62
1979	34.9 °C29 May 1979	11.8 °C1 January 1979	21.9 °C	1,691 mm	58
1978	36.6 °C6 May 1978	9.5 °C7 February 1978	21.6 °C	1,584 mm	41
1977	33.1 °C28 March 1977	8.7 °C20 January 1977	21.5 °C	1,361 mm	37
1976	32.4 °C7 April 1976	9.8 °C4 November 1976	20.8 °C	1,690 mm	21
1975	35.5 °C11 April 1975	9.1 °C25 December 1975	21.9 °C	1,482 mm	101
1974	34.6 °C24 March 1974	11.9 °C28 February 1974	21.4 °C	1,316 mm	63
1973	37.3 °C29 March 1973	9.2 °C19 December 1973	22.0 °C	1,370 mm	81
1972	36.7 °C30 March 1972	12.1 °C14 February 1972	22.3 °C	1,198 mm	90
1971	35.1 °C28 April 1971	12.4 °C4 January 1971	21.6 °C	1,224 mm	67
1970	35.5 °C30 April 1970	9.8 °C11 January 1970	21.3 °C	1,435 mm	51
1969	37.9 °C7 May 1969	11.3 °C18 January 1969	21.7 °C	1,461 mm	71
1968	34.9 °C5 May 1968	9.6 °C8 February 1968	21.3 °C	1,408 mm	55
1967	35.0 °C13 May 1967	10.1 °C18 March 1967	21.6 °C	1,247 mm	64
1966	34.1 °C4 April 1966	10.5 °C22 December 1966	21.3 °C	1,464 mm	36
1965	35.0 °C12 April 1965	9.8 °C31 January 1965	21.8 °C	1,139 mm	95
1964	37.7 °C3 May 1964	12.4 °C13 February 1964	21.9 °C	1,246 mm	87
1963	34.9 °C30 April 1963	8.8 °C6 February 1963	21.4 °C	1,271 mm	57
1962	34.6 °C11 March 1962	9.9 °C15 February 1962	21.1 °C	1,356 mm	47
1961	36.5 °C15 April 1961	11.3 °C24 February 1961	21.1 °C	1,289 mm	55
1960	33.4 °C2 April 1960	10.5 °C26 January 1960	20.6 °C	1,488 mm	34
1959	33.4 °C21 April 1959	11.1 °C10 February 1959	20.8 °C	1,237 mm	23
1958	35.0 °C5 April 1958	8.9 °C9 February 1958	21.5 °C	1,423 mm	49
1957	34.4 °C22 March 1957	9.2 °C11 December 1957	21.2 °C	1,315 mm	54
1956	34.6 °C10 April 1956	8.3 °C14 January 1956	20.4 °C	1,190 mm	44
1955	35.4 °C28 April 1955	11.9 °C24 December 1955	20.9 °C	1,129 mm	48
1954	33.6 °C13 March 1954	10.9 °C21 December 1954	20.8 °C	1,663 mm	25
1953	36.3 °C9 April 1953	9.2 °C11 January 1953	21.6 °C	1,411 mm	50
1952	35.4 °C15 March 1952	9.9 °C30 January 1952	21.4 °C	1,542 mm	53
1951	35.0 °C9 April 1951	9.8 °C12 January 1951	21.3 °C	1,207 mm	38
1950	32.9 °C27 April 1950	10.1 °C2 December 1950	20.2 °C	1,406 mm	33
1949	34.6 °C4 April 1949	11.6 °C3 January 1949	20.5 °C	1,278 mm	23
1948	34.3 °C1 April 1948	12.1 °C22 February 1948	20.6 °C	1,417 mm	19
1947	33.1 °C25 April 1947	11.5 °C16 February 1947	20.9 °C	1,309 mm	39
1946	32.5 °C26 May 1946	11.3 °C11 January 1946	20.5 °C	1,234 mm	30
1945	34.5 °C24 April 1945	6.6 °C6 December 1945	20.3 °C	1,556 mm	34
1944	33.1 °C17 April 1944	8.7 °C8 January 1944	20.2 °C	1,331 mm	33
1943	30.1 °C26 April 1943	9.1 °C20 December 1943	19.8 °C	1,386 mm	2
1942	32.1 °C13 April 1942	11.6 °C4 March 1942	20.1 °C	1,664 mm	12
1941	35.2 °C7 April 1941	8.6 °C14 January 1941	20.6 °C	1,186 mm	35
1940	32.7 °C18 April 1940	10.9 °C19 February 1940	20.7 °C	1,193 mm	43

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.9 °C

+1.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

136 d/yr

+58

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1229 mm

-80 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	25.2 °C	+0.7 °C	47 mm	+11 mm
Feb	27.7 °C	+1.3 °C	26 mm	+1 mm
Mar	31.1 °C	+2.0 °C	14 mm	-15 mm
Apr	30.2 °C	-0.5 °C	48 mm	+2 mm
May	33.7 °C	+3.6 °C	34 mm	-107 mm
Jun	28.7 °C	+0.3 °C	233 mm	+43 mm
Jul	30.2 °C	+2.2 °C	102 mm	-49 mm
Aug	30.4 °C	+2.0 °C	108 mm	-45 mm
Sep	30.0 °C	+1.9 °C	190 mm	-7 mm
Oct	27.6 °C	+1.6 °C	192 mm	+8 mm
Nov	25.8 °C	+1.3 °C	144 mm	+39 mm
Dec	25.7 °C	+1.7 °C	90 mm	+40 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.5 °C

20 May 2025

Coldest day

12.9 °C

12 Apr 2025

Wettest day

62.4 mm

11 Nov 2025

Windiest day

16.6 km/h

19 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

50.8 km/h

5 Aug 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.0 °C

19 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

12.2 °C

12 Apr 2025

Sunniest day

12.6 h

31 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Sulaco?

Sulaco has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.8 °C and it receives 1,309 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sulaco?

The hottest day measured in Sulaco between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 2024, reaching 38.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Sulaco?

The coldest day measured in Sulaco between 1940 and 2025 was 6 December 1945, at 6.6 °C.

Does it snow in Sulaco?

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

Has the climate of Sulaco warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Sulaco?

The wettest day measured in Sulaco between 1940 and 2025 was 31 October 1998, with 150 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Sulaco?

The windiest day measured in Sulaco between 1940 and 2025 was 16 March 1983, with winds reaching 22.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Sulaco?

The warmest month in Sulaco is May (23.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (19.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Sulaco?

Sulaco receives on average 1,309 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 198 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Sulaco?

Sulaco gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Sulaco?

Yes: Sulaco has on average 25 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sulaco?

In Sulaco, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.1 °C on 24 April 2020, and the lowest was 5.5 °C on 6 December 1945.

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