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May Weather in Santa Cruz de Yojoa Honduras

Daily high temperatures are around 91°F, rarely falling below 86°F or exceeding 97°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 92°F on May 5.

Daily low temperatures are around 70°F, rarely falling below 66°F or exceeding 74°F. The highest daily average low temperature is 71°F on May 26.

For reference, on April 25, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Santa Cruz de Yojoa typically range from 69°F to 92°F, while on January 20, the coldest day of the year, they range from 64°F to 82°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in May in Santa Cruz de Yojoa

The daily average high (red line) and low (blue line) temperature, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted lines are the corresponding average perceived temperatures.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on May. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Average Hourly Temperature in May in Santa Cruz de Yojoa

Average Hourly Temperature in May in Santa Cruz de YojoaMay112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMAprJuncomfortablecomfortablewarmwarmhot
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The average hourly temperature, color coded into bands. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

Campo Grande, Brazil (3,333 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Santa Cruz de Yojoa (view comparison).

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The month of May in Santa Cruz de Yojoa experiences very rapidly increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 69% to 90%.

The clearest day of the month is May 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 31% of the time.

For reference, on June 12, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 92%, while on January 20, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 76%.

Cloud Cover Categories in May in Santa Cruz de Yojoa

Cloud Cover Categories in May in Santa Cruz de YojoaMay11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%AprJunMay 131%May 131%May 3110%May 3110%May 1124%May 1124%May 2115%May 2115%clearmostly clearmostly cloudyovercastpartly cloudy
0% clear 20% mostly clear 40% partly cloudy 60% mostly cloudy 80% overcast 100%
The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Santa Cruz de Yojoa, the chance of a wet day over the course of May is very rapidly increasing, starting the month at 16% and ending it at 40%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 48% on September 11, and its lowest chance is 7% on March 28.

Probability of Precipitation in May in Santa Cruz de Yojoa

Probability of Precipitation in May in Santa Cruz de YojoaMay11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%30%30%35%35%40%40%45%45%50%50%AprJunMay 116%May 116%May 3140%May 3140%May 1122%May 1122%May 2131%May 2131%rain
The percentage of days in which various types of precipitation are observed, excluding trace quantities: rain alone, snow alone, and mixed (both rain and snow fell in the same day).

Rainfall

To show variation within the month and not just the monthly total, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during May in Santa Cruz de Yojoa is very rapidly increasing, starting the month at 1.4 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.0 inches or falls below 0.1 inches, and ending the month at 3.8 inches, when it rarely exceeds 6.8 inches or falls below 0.7 inches.

Average Monthly Rainfall in May in Santa Cruz de Yojoa

The average rainfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average snowfall.

Over the course of May in Santa Cruz de Yojoa, the length of the day is gradually increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 16 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 33 seconds, and weekly increase of 3 minutes, 51 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is May 1, with 12 hours, 41 minutes of daylight and the longest day is May 31, with 12 hours, 57 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in May in Santa Cruz de Yojoa

The number of hours during which the Sun is visible (black line). From bottom (most yellow) to top (most gray), the color bands indicate: full daylight, twilight (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and full night.

The latest sunrise of the month in Santa Cruz de Yojoa is 5:28 AM on May 1 and the earliest sunrise is 7 minutes earlier at 5:20 AM on May 31.

The earliest sunset is 6:09 PM on May 1 and the latest sunset is 9 minutes later at 6:18 PM on May 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Santa Cruz de Yojoa during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:22 AM and sets 13 hours, 1 minute later, at 6:23 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:12 AM and sets 11 hours, 14 minutes later, at 5:27 PM.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in May in Santa Cruz de Yojoa

The solar day over the course of May. From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight. The day, twilights (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in May in Santa Cruz de Yojoa

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in May in Santa Cruz de YojoaMay112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMAprJun0010102020203030404050505060607070808080000101020203030304040505060606070708080
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Solar elevation and azimuth over the course of May 2024. The black lines are lines of constant solar elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon, in degrees). The background color fills indicate the azimuth (the compass bearing) of the sun. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries of the cardinal compass points indicate the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for May 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in May in Santa Cruz de Yojoa

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in May in Santa Cruz de YojoaMay112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM4 AM4 AM8 AM8 AM12 PM12 PM4 PM4 PM8 PM8 PM12 AM12 AMAprJunApr 812:22 PMApr 812:22 PMApr 235:50 PMApr 235:50 PMMay 79:23 PMMay 79:23 PMMay 237:54 AMMay 237:54 AMJun 66:38 AMJun 66:38 AMJun 217:09 PMJun 217:09 PM5:32 AM5:32 AM6:15 PM6:15 PM6:03 PM6:03 PM5:49 AM5:49 AM4:50 AM4:50 AM5:58 PM5:58 PM5:41 PM5:41 PM5:11 AM5:11 AM5:13 AM5:13 AM6:50 PM6:50 PM6:25 PM6:25 PM5:46 AM5:46 AM
The time in which the moon is above the horizon (light blue area), with new moons (dark gray lines) and full moons (blue lines) indicated. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.
May 2024IlluminationMoonriseMoonsetMoonriseMeridian PassingDistance
1
50%12:28 AMESE12:05 PMWSW-6:17 AMS232,079 mi
2
38%1:16 AMESE1:04 PMWSW-7:10 AMS229,760 mi
3
27%2:00 AMESE2:02 PMW-8:01 AMS227,786 mi
4
17%2:42 AME3:00 PMW-8:50 AMS226,364 mi
5
9%3:23 AME3:58 PMW-9:39 AMS225,691 mi
6
3%4:05 AME4:57 PMWNW-10:29 AMS225,923 mi
7
0%4:50 AMENE5:58 PMWNW-11:22 AMN227,128 mi
8
1%5:39 AMENE7:01 PMWNW-12:18 PMN229,264 mi
9
4%6:31 AMENE8:05 PMWNW-1:17 PMN232,174 mi
10
9%7:28 AMENE9:07 PMWNW-2:17 PMN235,602 mi
11
17%8:27 AMENE10:04 PMWNW-3:16 PMN239,237 mi
12
26%9:25 AMENE10:56 PMWNW-4:12 PMN242,764 mi
13
35%10:22 AMENE11:41 PMWNW-5:03 PMN245,905 mi
14
45%11:15 AMENE--5:50 PMN248,444 mi
15
50%-12:22 AMWNW12:05 PMENE6:33 PMS250,240 mi
16
65%-12:58 AMWNW12:53 PME7:14 PMS251,226 mi
17
74%-1:32 AMW1:39 PME7:53 PMS251,401 mi
18
82%-2:05 AMW2:24 PME8:31 PMS250,825 mi
19
89%-2:38 AMW3:10 PME9:10 PMS249,606 mi
20
94%-3:11 AMW3:57 PMESE9:52 PMS247,880 mi
21
98%-3:47 AMWSW4:47 PMESE10:37 PMS245,803 mi
22
100%-4:27 AMWSW5:41 PMESE11:25 PMS243,530 mi
23
100%-5:11 AMWSW6:37 PMESE--
24
99%-6:01 AMWSW7:36 PMESE12:19 AMS241,203 mi
25
97%-6:57 AMWSW8:35 PMESE1:16 AMS238,937 mi
26
92%-7:56 AMWSW9:32 PMESE2:16 AMS236,813 mi
27
84%-8:58 AMWSW10:25 PMESE3:16 AMS234,878 mi
28
75%-9:59 AMWSW11:14 PMESE4:13 AMS233,153 mi
29
64%-10:59 AMWSW11:58 PMESE5:07 AMS231,653 mi
30
50%-11:56 AMW-5:57 AMS230,400 mi
31
41%12:40 AME12:52 PMW-6:46 AMS229,444 mi

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy in Santa Cruz de Yojoa is rapidly increasing during May, rising from 79% to 95% over the course of the month.

For reference, on September 16, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 99% of the time, while on February 21, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 43% of the time.

Humidity Comfort Levels in May in Santa Cruz de Yojoa

Humidity Comfort Levels in May in Santa Cruz de YojoaMay11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%AprJunMay 179%May 179%May 3195%May 3195%May 1186%May 1186%May 2191%May 2191%oppressiveoppressivemuggymuggyhumidhumidcomfortablecomfortable
dry 55°F comfortable 60°F humid 65°F muggy 70°F oppressive 75°F miserable
The percentage of time spent at various humidity comfort levels, categorized by dew point.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed in Santa Cruz de Yojoa is gradually decreasing during May, decreasing from 3.6 miles per hour to 2.9 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on March 11, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 4.1 miles per hour, while on September 15, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 2.6 miles per hour.

Average Wind Speed in May in Santa Cruz de Yojoa

The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

The hourly average wind direction in Santa Cruz de Yojoa throughout May is predominantly from the north, with a peak proportion of 66% on May 1.

Wind Direction in May in Santa Cruz de Yojoa

Wind Direction in May in Santa Cruz de YojoaNEMay11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%AprJunsoutheastnorth
northeastsouthwest
The percentage of hours in which the mean wind direction is from each of the four cardinal wind directions, excluding hours in which the mean wind speed is less than 1.0 mph. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries are the percentage of hours spent in the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

Temperatures in Santa Cruz de Yojoa are sufficiently warm year round that it is not entirely meaningful to discuss the growing season in these terms. We nevertheless include the chart below as an illustration of the distribution of temperatures experienced throughout the year.

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in May in Santa Cruz de Yojoa

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in May in Santa Cruz de YojoaMay11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%AprJun100%May 16100%May 16comfortablewarmhotcoolsweltering
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The percentage of time spent in various temperature bands. The black line is the percentage chance that a given day is within the growing season.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days in Santa Cruz de Yojoa are rapidly increasing during May, increasing by 857°F, from 2,912°F to 3,769°F, over the course of the month.

Growing Degree Days in May in Santa Cruz de Yojoa

Growing Degree Days in May in Santa Cruz de YojoaMay11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031312,800°F2,800°F3,000°F3,000°F3,200°F3,200°F3,400°F3,400°F3,600°F3,600°F3,800°F3,800°FAprJunMay 12,912°FMay 12,912°FMay 313,769°FMay 313,769°FMay 113,197°FMay 113,197°FMay 213,483°FMay 213,483°F
The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of May, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy in Santa Cruz de Yojoa is decreasing during May, falling by 1.3 kWh, from 6.4 kWh to 5.1 kWh, over the course of the month.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in May in Santa Cruz de Yojoa

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in May in Santa Cruz de YojoaMay11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310 kWh0 kWh1 kWh1 kWh2 kWh2 kWh3 kWh3 kWh4 kWh4 kWh5 kWh5 kWh6 kWh6 kWh7 kWh7 kWh8 kWh8 kWhAprJunMay 16.4 kWhMay 16.4 kWhMay 315.1 kWhMay 315.1 kWhMay 116.0 kWhMay 116.0 kWhMay 215.5 kWhMay 215.5 kWh
The average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground per square meter (orange line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Santa Cruz de Yojoa are 14.983 deg latitude, -87.900 deg longitude, and 1,617 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Santa Cruz de Yojoa contains very significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 1,535 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 1,529 feet. Within 10 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (5,184 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (8,917 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Santa Cruz de Yojoa is covered by trees (61%), cropland (14%), and artificial surfaces (12%), within 10 miles by trees (57%) and cropland (18%), and within 50 miles by trees (59%) and cropland (18%).

This report illustrates the typical weather in Santa Cruz de Yojoa, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016.

Temperature and Dew Point

There are 3 weather stations near enough to contribute to our estimation of the temperature and dew point in Santa Cruz de Yojoa.

For each station, the records are corrected for the elevation difference between that station and Santa Cruz de Yojoa according to the International Standard Atmosphere , and by the relative change present in the MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis between the two locations.

The estimated value at Santa Cruz de Yojoa is computed as the weighted average of the individual contributions from each station, with weights proportional to the inverse of the distance between Santa Cruz de Yojoa and a given station.

The stations contributing to this reconstruction are:

To get a sense of how much these sources agree with each other, you can view a comparison of Santa Cruz de Yojoa and the stations that contribute to our estimates of its temperature history and climate. Please note that each source's contribution is adjusted for elevation and the relative change present in the MERRA-2 data.

Other Data

All data relating to the Sun's position (e.g., sunrise and sunset) are computed using astronomical formulas from the book, Astronomical Algorithms 2nd Edition , by Jean Meeus.

All other weather data, including cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and direction, and solar flux, come from NASA's MERRA-2 Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis . This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a 50-kilometer grid.

Land Use data comes from the Global Land Cover SHARE database , published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Elevation data comes from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) , published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Names, locations, and time zones of places and some airports come from the GeoNames Geographical Database .

Time zones for airports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com .

Maps are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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