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Climate and Average Weather Year Round in El Obraje Honduras

In El Obraje, the wet season is oppressive and overcast, the dry season is mostly clear, and it is hot year round. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 66°F to 92°F and is rarely below 61°F or above 96°F.

Based on the tourism score, the best time of year to visit El Obraje for warm-weather activities is from early December to late February.

Climate in El Obraje

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El Obraje weather by month. Click on each chart for more information.

The hot season lasts for 1.9 months, from March 20 to May 15, with an average daily high temperature above 90°F. The hottest month of the year in El Obraje is April, with an average high of 92°F and low of 70°F.

The cool season lasts for 3.2 months, from October 23 to January 29, with an average daily high temperature below 85°F. The coldest month of the year in El Obraje is January, with an average low of 66°F and high of 84°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in El Obraje

Average High and Low Temperature in El ObrajehotcoolcoolJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0°F0°F10°F10°F20°F20°F30°F30°F40°F40°F50°F50°F60°F60°F70°F70°F80°F80°F90°F90°F100°F100°FJan 2085°FJan 2085°FApr 1892°FApr 1892°F66°F66°F70°F70°FOct 2385°FOct 2385°F68°F68°F72°F72°F69°F69°FNowNow
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.
AverageJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
High 84°F87°F90°F92°F90°F87°F86°F87°F87°F85°F84°F84°F
Temp. 74°F76°F78°F80°F80°F78°F77°F77°F77°F76°F75°F74°F
Low 66°F66°F68°F70°F71°F71°F71°F70°F70°F69°F68°F67°F

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the entire year of hourly average temperatures. The horizontal axis is the day of the year, 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 El Obraje

Average Hourly Temperature in El ObrajeJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 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 AMNowNowcomfortablecomfortablecomfortablewarmwarmhothot
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.

Conceição das Alagoas, Brazil (3,493 miles away); Betong, Thailand (10,989 miles); and Rancheria Payau, Philippines (9,918 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to El Obraje (view comparison).

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In El Obraje, the average percentage of the sky covered by clouds experiences extreme seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year in El Obraje begins around November 18 and lasts for 4.9 months, ending around April 15.

The clearest month of the year in El Obraje is January, during which on average the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 76% of the time.

The cloudier part of the year begins around April 15 and lasts for 7.1 months, ending around November 18.

The cloudiest month of the year in El Obraje is June, during which on average the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy 88% of the time.

Cloud Cover Categories in El Obraje

Cloud Cover Categories in El ObrajeclearerclearercloudierJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%Jan 1776%Jan 1776%Jun 510%Jun 510%Nov 1843%Nov 1843%Apr 1544%Apr 1544%NowNowclearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercast
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.
FractionJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Cloudier 24%28%33%56%83%88%80%79%84%78%58%34%
Clearer 76%72%67%44%17%12%20%21%16%22%42%66%

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. The chance of wet days in El Obraje varies significantly throughout the year.

The wetter season lasts 5.6 months, from May 12 to October 30, with a greater than 23% chance of a given day being a wet day. The month with the most wet days in El Obraje is September, with an average of 13.1 days with at least 0.04 inches of precipitation.

The drier season lasts 6.4 months, from October 30 to May 12. The month with the fewest wet days in El Obraje is January, with an average of 0.4 days with at least 0.04 inches of precipitation.

Among wet days, we distinguish between those that experience rain alone, snow alone, or a mixture of the two. The month with the most days of rain alone in El Obraje is September, with an average of 13.1 days. Based on this categorization, the most common form of precipitation throughout the year is rain alone, with a peak probability of 46% on September 18.

Daily Chance of Precipitation in El Obraje

Daily Chance of Precipitation in El ObrajewetdrydryJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%Sep 1846%Sep 1846%Jan 141%Jan 141%May 1223%May 1223%Oct 3023%Oct 3023%NowNowrain
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).
Days ofJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Rain 0.4d0.5d1.0d2.3d8.4d12.0d9.6d10.5d13.1d10.5d3.9d1.4d

To show variation within the months and not just the monthly totals, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day of the year. El Obraje experiences extreme seasonal variation in monthly rainfall.

The rainy period of the year lasts for 8.0 months, from April 8 to December 7, with a sliding 31-day rainfall of at least 0.5 inches. The month with the most rain in El Obraje is September, with an average rainfall of 4.5 inches.

The rainless period of the year lasts for 4.0 months, from December 7 to April 8. The month with the least rain in El Obraje is January, with an average rainfall of 0.1 inches.

Average Monthly Rainfall in El Obraje

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.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Rainfall 0.1″0.1″0.2″0.7″3.2″4.3″2.6″3.1″4.5″3.5″1.1″0.4″

The length of the day in El Obraje varies over the course of the year. In 2024, the shortest day is December 21, with 11 hours, 18 minutes of daylight; the longest day is June 20, with 12 hours, 57 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in El Obraje

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in El ObrajeJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0 hr24 hr4 hr20 hr8 hr16 hr12 hr12 hr16 hr8 hr20 hr4 hr24 hr0 hr12 hr, 6 minMar 1912 hr, 6 minMar 1912 hr, 57 minJun 2012 hr, 57 minJun 2012 hr, 7 minSep 2212 hr, 7 minSep 2211 hr, 18 minDec 2111 hr, 18 minDec 21nightnightdayNowNow
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.
Hours ofJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight 11.4h11.7h12.1h12.5h12.8h12.9h12.9h12.6h12.2h11.8h11.5h11.3h

The earliest sunrise is at 5:16 AM on June 2, and the latest sunrise is 57 minutes later at 6:14 AM on January 23. The earliest sunset is at 5:14 PM on November 19, and the latest sunset is 1 hour, 4 minutes later at 6:18 PM on July 8.

Daylight saving time (DST) is not observed in El Obraje during 2024.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in El Obraje

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in El ObrajeJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PMJun 25:16 AMJun 25:16 AM6:18 PMJul 86:18 PMJul 8Nov 195:14 PMNov 195:14 PM6:14 AMJan 236:14 AMJan 23daynightnightSolarMidnightSolarMidnightSolarNoonSunriseSunsetNowNow
The solar day over the course of the year 2024. 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 El Obraje

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in El ObrajeJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 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 AM0000101010102020202030303030404040405050505060606070708000001010101020202020303030304040404050505050606060707080805390NowNow
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Solar elevation and azimuth over the course of the year 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 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.

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in El Obraje

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.

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.

El Obraje experiences extreme seasonal variation in the perceived humidity.

The muggier period of the year lasts for 8.2 months, from April 16 to December 22, during which time the comfort level is muggy, oppressive, or miserable at least 33% of the time. The month with the most muggy days in El Obraje is September, with 28.2 days that are muggy or worse.

The month with the fewest muggy days in El Obraje is February, with 3.8 days that are muggy or worse.

Humidity Comfort Levels in El Obraje

Humidity Comfort Levels in El ObrajemuggyJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%Feb 2213%Feb 2213%95%Sep 2795%Sep 27Apr 1633%Apr 1633%Dec 2233%Dec 2233%NowNowoppressiveoppressivemuggymuggyhumidhumidcomfortablecomfortabledrydry
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.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Muggy days 6.2d3.8d5.0d9.9d21.2d26.6d26.8d27.6d28.2d27.3d19.0d11.7d

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 El Obraje experiences significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The windier part of the year lasts for 5.4 months, from November 6 to April 17, with average wind speeds of more than 6.0 miles per hour. The windiest month of the year in El Obraje is January, with an average hourly wind speed of 7.5 miles per hour.

The calmer time of year lasts for 6.6 months, from April 17 to November 6. The calmest month of the year in El Obraje is September, with an average hourly wind speed of 4.5 miles per hour.

Average Wind Speed in El Obraje

Average Wind Speed in El ObrajewindywindyJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0 mph0 mph2 mph2 mph4 mph4 mph6 mph6 mph8 mph8 mph10 mph10 mph12 mph12 mphJan 147.5 mphJan 147.5 mphSep 204.4 mphSep 204.4 mphNov 66.0 mphNov 66.0 mphApr 176.0 mphApr 176.0 mphNowNow
The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Wind Speed (mph) 7.57.46.96.15.35.46.45.64.55.06.37.1

The predominant average hourly wind direction in El Obraje varies throughout the year.

The wind is most often from the north for 1.7 months, from October 25 to December 16, with a peak percentage of 56% on November 21. The wind is most often from the east for 10 months, from December 16 to October 25, with a peak percentage of 55% on January 1.

Wind Direction in El Obraje

Wind Direction in El ObrajeENEJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%NowNoweastnorthsouth
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).

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in El Obraje throughout the year, we compute two travel scores.

The tourism score favors clear, rainless days with perceived temperatures between 65°F and 80°F. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit El Obraje for general outdoor tourist activities is from early December to late February, with a peak score in the first week of January.

Tourism Score in El Obraje

Tourism Score in El Obrajebest timeJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec002244668810107.87.83.73.75.05.04.14.1NowNowtemperaturetemperature cloudscloudsprecipitationprecipitationtourism score
The tourism score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with perceived temperatures between 75°F and 90°F. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit El Obraje for hot-weather activities is from late November to mid April, with a peak score in the last week of March.

Beach/Pool Score in El Obraje

Beach/Pool Score in El Obrajebest timeJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec002244668810106.86.84.54.56.56.55.65.64.74.7NowNowtemperaturetemperaturecloudscloudsprecipitationprecipitationbeach/pool score
The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Methodology

For each hour between 8:00 AM and 9:00 PM of each day in the analysis period (1980 to 2016), independent scores are computed for perceived temperature, cloud cover, and total precipitation. Those scores are combined into a single hourly composite score, which is then aggregated into days, averaged over all the years in the analysis period, and smoothed.

Our cloud cover score is 10 for fully clear skies, falling linearly to 9 for mostly clear skies, and to 1 for fully overcast skies.

Our precipitation score, which is based on the three-hour precipitation centered on the hour in question, is 10 for no precipitation, falling linearly to 9 for trace precipitation, and to 0 for 0.04 inches of precipitation or more.

Our tourism temperature score is 0 for perceived temperatures below 50°F, rising linearly to 9 for 65°F, to 10 for 75°F, falling linearly to 9 for 80°F, and to 1 for 90°F or hotter.

Our beach/pool temperature score is 0 for perceived temperatures below 65°F, rising linearly to 9 for 75°F, to 10 for 82°F, falling linearly to 9 for 90°F, and to 1 for 100°F or hotter.

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 El Obraje 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 El Obraje

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in El ObrajeJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%100%Jan 1100%Jan 1100%Jul 2100%Jul 2NowNowcomfortablewarmhotcool
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.

Growing Degree Days in El Obraje

Growing Degree Days in El ObrajeJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0°F0°F1,000°F1,000°F2,000°F2,000°F3,000°F3,000°F4,000°F4,000°F5,000°F5,000°F6,000°F6,000°F7,000°F7,000°F8,000°F8,000°F9,000°F9,000°FJan 590°FJan 590°FMar 131,800°FMar 131,800°FDec 319,655°FDec 319,655°FNowNow
The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of the year, 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 experiences some seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The brighter period of the year lasts for 1.7 months, from March 2 to April 22, with an average daily incident shortwave energy per square meter above 6.9 kWh. The brightest month of the year in El Obraje is March, with an average of 7.2 kWh.

The darker period of the year lasts for 4.1 months, from September 6 to January 10, with an average daily incident shortwave energy per square meter below 5.7 kWh. The darkest month of the year in El Obraje is October, with an average of 5.3 kWh.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in El Obraje

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in El ObrajebrightdarkJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0 kWh0 kWh1 kWh1 kWh2 kWh2 kWh3 kWh3 kWh4 kWh4 kWh5 kWh5 kWh6 kWh6 kWh7 kWh7 kWh8 kWh8 kWh9 kWh9 kWhMar 257.3 kWhMar 257.3 kWhSep 305.3 kWhSep 305.3 kWhJan 105.7 kWhJan 105.7 kWhNowNow
The average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground per square meter (orange line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Solar Energy (kWh) 5.86.57.27.16.05.76.06.05.55.35.45.4

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of El Obraje are 14.000 deg latitude, -86.433 deg longitude, and 1,729 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of El Obraje contains large variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 2,208 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 1,904 feet. Within 10 miles contains large variations in elevation (3,579 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (7,156 feet).

The area within 2 miles of El Obraje is covered by cropland (34%), trees (31%), grassland (21%), and shrubs (13%), within 10 miles by trees (39%) and cropland (30%), and within 50 miles by trees (48%) and cropland (25%).

This report illustrates the typical weather in El Obraje, 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 El Obraje.

For each station, the records are corrected for the elevation difference between that station and El Obraje 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 El Obraje is computed as the weighted average of the individual contributions from each station, with weights proportional to the inverse of the distance between El Obraje 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 El Obraje 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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