Honduras Weather News

The municipality of Las Vegas in Santa Bárbara declared an emergency after recent rains damaged 82 homes and affected some 70 families, with forecasts of more rainfall prompting warnings of flooding, landslides, and swollen rivers.

Heavy rains in the municipality of Las Vegas, Santa Bárbara, have caused flooding and river overflow, prompting authorities to declare a green alert for the department and a yellow alert for Las Vegas, with some families evacuated to safety.

Agriculture Minister Moisés Molina announced a cloud-seeding program using 2,000 liters of silver iodide across 20 flights to boost rainfall over roughly two million hectares affected by drought, targeting the dry corridor and reservoirs supplying Tegucigalpa.

Honduras's emergency agency declared yellow alert for Las Vegas and green alert for other Santa Bárbara municipalities after intense rainfall caused flooding, swollen rivers, and evacuations.

The Honduran government and United Nations agencies have distributed humanitarian assistance to over 37,000 families in drought-stricken municipalities, with plans to expand coverage and repeat aid in some areas depending on rainfall and harvest outcomes.

Heavy rains caused the Río Helado to overflow in Los Naranjos, Santa Cruz de Yojoa, affecting 275 people including 95 children; fallen trees blocked water flow and authorities are providing cleanup and aid.

Honduras is experiencing simultaneous floods in some areas and severe drought in others, causing crop failures, water shortages, and economic hardship for farmers who have lost harvests and face difficulty repaying loans.

Honduras's meteorologist Víctor Ortega of the national emergency agency COPECO said expected rainfall in the coming months will not be enough to replenish the country's water reservoirs, and the population must prepare for continued water rationing.

A tropical wave entering Honduras on Friday, September 18, will bring abundant rainfall nationwide through the weekend, with central and southern regions expecting up to 80 millimeters (about 3 inches) and potentially helping ease Tegucigalpa's ongoing water shortage.

Cenaos forecasts rain across nearly all of Honduras on Thursday due to an upper-level trough, with potential flooding risks in vulnerable areas.

Cenaos forecasts rain in some zones of Honduras on September 15, the country's Independence Day, though conditions will remain mostly dry with temperatures of 30–40°C (86–104°F) before that date.

The Atlantic basin has yet to produce a hurricane in 2026 despite five named storms, approaching a record quiet season unseen since satellite records began in 1966, with forecasters attributing the calm partly to El Niño conditions.

Tropical Wave 38 is forecast to reach Honduras on Wednesday, potentially ending a recent dry spell and bringing relief to a country facing drought conditions that have stressed water availability and crops.

A lightning bolt struck a tree near a house in San Marcos, Ocotepeque, triggering a fire that completely destroyed the home; no injuries were reported.

A fire that started in a grass field rapidly spread to residential homes in La Rivera de La Vega, Tegucigalpa, prompting families to evacuate their belongings as firefighters deployed six units to combat the blaze.

A tropical wave could enter Honduras on Monday, September 9, bringing scattered rainfall to western, southern, and northern regions plus Tegucigalpa, though meteorologists say the system lacks sufficient energy for heavy accumulation.

Hurricanes Karina and Lowell both reached Category 4 strength with 145 mph winds on September 2, while Tropical Storm Marie strengthened nearby and a fourth system is being monitored for possible development.

The El Niño phenomenon is intensifying and could raise Pacific temperatures 3–4 °C above normal from October through December, with Cenaos director Francisco Argeñal warning of potentially record-breaking warming that could exceed the historical maximum of 2.7 °C.

Honduras's dry season (canícula) will lose force in coming weeks as Pacific humidity increases, with rainfall gradually returning first to the south and central regions by mid-September, according to the National Atmospheric, Oceanographic and Seismic Center.

A severe drought devastating southern Honduras has destroyed crops, and farmers are pleading for rainfall in September to salvage the year's final harvest.

Honduras's risk management agency forecasts the arrival of rainfall across the country starting September 5 after weeks of severe drought affecting more than 230 municipalities, as moisture from the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean moves in.

The Tegucigalpa municipal government extended a water emergency declaration to December 15 due to severe drought and critically low reservoir levels supplying the capital.

A six-month drought in Calpulles, Choluteca, has devastated maize and bean crops affecting about 150 farmers, leaving families without income, food, and agricultural work opportunities as they face rising food prices.

Severe drought in southern Honduras has dried wells and rivers, destroyed crops, and reduced livestock productivity; the UN World Food Programme estimates that at least 500,000 more Hondurans could face food insecurity this year due to the dry spell and El Niño effects.

Honduras will see clear, warm conditions through mid-morning on September 15 before rain moves into the central region and south during the afternoon, with accumulations of 3–5 mm most places but 15–25 mm possible in parts of Olancho, Atlántida, and Comayagua.

COPECO's weather center forecasts rain across most of Honduras on Tuesday and Wednesday, with 10–20 mm (0.4–0.8 inches) in central, eastern, northern, and western zones and lighter showers in the south, continuing Thursday.

A weather system will bring scattered afternoon showers and isolated thunderstorms to Honduras's eastern, northern, and central regions on Friday, with Gracias a Dios, Atlántida, and Colón expecting the heaviest rainfall of up to 10 millimeters, while temperatures peak at 41°C in Choluteca.

A tropical wave will break dry conditions across Honduras on Wednesday with scattered to moderate showers, heavier rainfall expected in the south, southwest, center, and east, while capital-area reservoirs continue declining despite the incoming moisture.

A tropical wave moving through Honduras this Sunday and Monday will bring weak to moderate scattered showers to eastern, central, northern, southwestern, and southern regions, with the heaviest activity on Sunday.

Copeco forecasts weak afternoon rainfall on Friday in northwestern, northern, and eastern Honduras due to moisture moving in from the Caribbean, following a warm and dry morning.