Honduras Weather News

After months of drought linked to El Niño, Honduras's national weather center predicts significantly heavier rainfall beginning in early September, offering relief to drought-stricken agricultural regions and food-insecure families.

A mass of Saharan dust is affecting Honduras through next week with moderate particle concentrations expected to irritate airways and worsen asthma, bronchitis, and other respiratory conditions, prompting health authorities to recommend limiting outdoor exposure and wearing protective masks.

COPECO warns that Saharan dust concentrations in Honduras—which reached up to 90 µg/m³ this week—will peak again on August 10, and urges people with respiratory conditions, hypertension, and children to stay indoors and wear N95 masks during peak hours.

Heavy overnight rainfall in Tela, Atlántida, prompted firefighters to evacuate a family as a precaution against flooding, while collapsed storm drains and clogged drainage systems compounded by debris posed ongoing risks.

A record-strength El Niño phenomenon will inhibit tropical cyclone formation in the Atlantic and Caribbean during the peak hurricane season (August 15–October 15) through intensified wind shear and Saharan dust, though experts caution that some storms may still develop, particularly in late August and mid-October.

Tropical waves will bring scattered to moderate showers nationwide through August 9, with heaviest rain expected Friday and Saturday, and brief dry periods Wednesday and Sunday, according to Cenaos forecasters.

A 39-year-old fisherman rescued after 20 hours adrift off Corozal was treated for hypothermia and sun exposure, but his 16-year-old crewmate, Joseth David Vuelto García, remains missing since their boat capsized in rough seas on Friday.

Honduras's atmospheric authority warns that rainfall expected in August will fall short of levels needed to restore soil moisture for agricultural planting, particularly in vulnerable regions.

A prolonged drought in Soledad, El Paraíso, has destroyed crops twice since April, leaving 4,000–5,000 residents at risk of food insecurity and prompting the mayor to seek emergency humanitarian aid.

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck off Central America's Pacific coast at a depth of 37 kilometers on the night of July 28, with Honduras's emergency agency COPECO monitoring seismic activity.

Cenaos says a tropical wave and Pacific moisture will bring scattered light showers to southern and southwestern Honduras on Tuesday, July 28, while the north, center, and departments of Olancho and Colón may see brief showers by late afternoon, as the dry season's canícula keeps all rainfall weak and intermittent.

A tropical wave moving into Honduras on Wednesday will bring rain across most of the country, including the capital, temporarily breaking the dry spell in central, southern, and eastern regions amid a seasonal dry period expected to last through early September.

The body of Mauricio Colindres, 22, was found in Olancho on July 26, two days after a fishing boat carrying five young men capsized in heavy rain and wind at the Patuca III reservoir; three survived, and a second victim was also recovered.

Climate experts say El Niño will intensify between October and November, bringing little relief to Honduras's drought-stricken dry corridor, where farmers report near-total crop losses and warn the crisis will persist for decades without adaptation measures.

Javier Rodolfo Chávez, 44, from Villanueva in Cortés, drowned in Lake Yojoa when a sudden storm caused rough waves that swamped the small fishing boat he and friends were in.

Tegucigalpa recorded 316.2 mm of rainfall through July 22, falling 18.4% below the historical average of 387.7 mm, as above-normal July rains have yet to offset shortfalls from a dry May and June.

Luis Ángel Guifarro Escobar and Mauricio Benítez died when their fishing boat capsized on the Patuca III reservoir in Olancho on July 24 after sudden high winds and heavy rain struck while five young men were aboard.

Honduras's emergency agency declared a 48-hour green alert for Gracias a Dios due to heavy rains from a tropical wave and upper-level trough, warning of flash flooding and river overflow in eastern and northern regions.

Honduras's government will provide emergency food aid to approximately 40,000 families affected by drought in the southern region, and also plans infrastructure repairs and water projects to address longer-term effects of the dry spell.

A trough on Friday and an incoming tropical wave on Saturday will bring scattered to moderate rain to most of Honduras through Sunday, with daytime temperatures reaching 38°C (100°F) in the south, though forecasters say the rainfall will not relieve the ongoing drought affecting 75 municipalities.

Honduras will see mostly dry conditions on August 6 with isolated light rains in the east and north, while the southern region is forecast to reach 40°C (104°F), according to the National Atmospheric, Oceanic and Seismic Studies Center.

Copeco forecasts rain and scattered showers nationwide on Tuesday from tropical remnants, with heaviest rainfall and thunderstorms expected in western Honduras, offering relief to drought-stricken agricultural areas.

A tropical wave moving across Honduras on Monday will bring scattered showers up to 20 millimeters in the eastern and central mountain regions, but El Niño conditions will limit relief from the ongoing water deficit.

An upper-level trough moving over Honduras on August 2 will bring scattered to moderate rains and thunderstorms to the east, south, and central regions, with a tropical wave expected to follow on August 3 bringing light showers nationwide, forecasters say.

Honduras will see hot, dry conditions through most of Saturday, with weak afternoon rains developing in northern and eastern regions as Caribbean humidity moves in; Choluteca will reach 41°C (106°F), the nation's high.

Temperatures in Choluteca and Valle are forecast to reach 40°C (104°F) on July 30, with scattered rainfall in northern and eastern regions; authorities urge hydration and sun protection.

Cenaos predicts mostly dry conditions across Honduras on July 30 with weak scattered showers in the eastern, northern, and northwestern regions, while southern departments like Choluteca and Valle face extreme heat reaching 40°C (104°F).

A upper-level trough and tropical wave will bring widespread rain and thunderstorms across Honduras on Tuesday and Wednesday, with the heaviest rainfall expected Wednesday in the southwestern region.

Sunday will be mostly dry across Honduras, though scattered weak to moderate showers are expected in the western region due to a surface trough; temperatures will peak at 40°C (104°F) in Choluteca and Valle.

Tegucigalpa is experiencing its driest summer in ten years, with critical water-supply levels prompting UMAPS to implement emergency measures including well drilling, water-truck distribution, rationing, and waste reduction.