Hacienda Ulua Airport

MHAU · Olancho, Honduras

Climate Hacienda Ulua Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Yoro Airport (MHYR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 93.0 94 93 98 96 99
February 93.9 99 92 88 97 95
March 95.1 95 93 98 96 97
April 91.0 91 93 95 88
May 88.4 85 96 90 90
June 88.9 89 93 86 91
July 90.8 87 97 93 95
August 88.8 85 86 97 97
September 87.0 85 82 91 93
October 87.5 87 85 93 92
November 89.3 87 94 89 85
December 93.6 95 92 96 99
Average 90.7 95.5 89.0 91.6 93.1 93.0

8th best VFR conditions of Honduras

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 99.6 100 99 100 99 100
February 99.5 99 100 100 100 100
March 99.4 100 100 99 99 99
April 99.5 100 100 100 99
May 99.2 100 99 100 99
June 99.4 100 100 99 99
July 99.3 100 100 100 99
August 99.6 100 99 100 100
September 99.3 100 99 100 99
October 99.3 100 100 99 99
November 99.6 100 100 100 100
December 99.8 100 100 100 100
Average 99.4 99.6 99.7 99.6 99.7 99.4

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 26.7 29 28 28 27 27
February 28.4 29 29 28 29 28
March 30.8 34 31 30 30 30
April 32.1 33 32 31 34
May 31.5 33 31 32 29
June 30.6 33 29 31 31
July 30.7 32 30 31 31
August 30.7 32 30 31 30
September 31.1 32 29 31 31
October 29.4 30 29 31 29
November 27.3 28 29 26 27
December 26.5 27 27 28 26
Average 29.6 30.6 30.6 29.4 29.8 29.3

9th highest temperature of Honduras

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 16.6 18 15 16 17 17
February 16.2 15 16 15 16 17
March 17.3 19 18 16 17 18
April 19.1 19 19 19 20
May 19.6 19 20 19 20
June 19.5 21 19 20 19
July 19.2 20 19 19 20
August 19.4 20 20 19 20
September 19.6 20 20 19 20
October 19.5 21 20 20 20
November 18.5 20 19 18 20
December 17.1 18 17 17 18
Average 18.4 17.3 18.7 18.3 18.2 19.1

6th lowest temperature of Honduras

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.3 0 0 0 2 1
February 1.5 0 0 4 4 3
March 0.4 1 0 1 1 0
April 0.6 0 0 2 0
May 0.1 0 1 0 0
June 1.0 0 2 0 3
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.4 0 1 0 1
September 0.2 0 1 0 0
October 1.1 1 1 1 1
November 2.2 1 0 2 8
December 1.4 1 0 1 3
Average 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.8 1.0 1.9

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.3 5 5 5 5 4
February 4.9 5 6 5 5 4
March 4.6 5 5 5 5 5
April 4.3 4 5 4 4
May 4.2 5 5 5 3
June 4.4 5 5 5 5
July 4.9 6 5 5 5
August 4.5 5 5 5 4
September 4.4 5 4 5 4
October 4.0 4 4 4 4
November 3.8 4 4 4 4
December 4.2 4 5 4 5
Average 4.4 4.8 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.2

9th highest wind speed of Honduras

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 037° 039° 039° 026° 304°
February 030° 051° 032° 024° 317°
March 032° 055° 040° 040° 348°
April 057° 039° 004° 276°
May 024° 282° 029° 310°
June 029° 003° 317° 005°
July 056° 023° 036° 352°
August 050° 313° 023° 359°
September 050° 027° 014° 290°
October 234° 054° 317° 270°
November 027° 340° 019° 317°
December 348° 013° 033° 326°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.