Climate Carta Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Catacamas Airport (MHCA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	94.6	92	89	97	96	95
February	96.3	98	93	98	97	98
March	93.6	85	93	97	96	96
April	80.2		71	91	98	59
May	87.8		86	95	99	88
June	93.9		97	95	97	84
July	94.9		91	98	94	93
August	91.0		92	91	95	89
September	90.7		95	82	92	97
October	93.4		93	90	93	96
November	94.0		95	96	97	86
December	94.1		93	91	94	94
Average	92.0	91.1	90.6	93.2	95.4	89.4

5th 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	98.9	100	99	99	99	99
February	99.3	100	100	100	100	100
March	99.5	99	100	100	99	100
April	90.6		81	99	100	73
May	96.6		96	100	99	95
June	98.5		99	99	99	96
July	98.8		100	100	99	98
August	97.1		98	97	97	97
September	97.7		99	96	97	99
October	98.1		99	98	97	99
November	96.4		100	97	99	93
December	97.2		99	93	99	97
Average	97.6	99.2	97.4	98.3	98.6	95.4

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	28.8	30	29	30	29	29
February	29.9	31	30	31	31	31
March	31.2	34	32	32	30	32
April	32.1		34	33	33	35
May	33.0		35	33	34	35
June	31.1		33	30	32	32
July	31.2		32	31	32	32
August	31.5		33	31	31	32
September	32.4		33	32	32	34
October	31.3		33	31	32	32
November	30.0		31	30	30	29
December	29.2		30	28	30	29
Average	31.0	31.8	31.8	30.9	31.2	31.7

3rd 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	17.8	19	18	19	18	18
February	18.5	18	19	19	19	19
March	20.1	21	21	20	20	20
April	20.9		22	21	22	21
May	22.7		23	23	23	24
June	21.3		23	22	21	21
July	20.0		22	21	19	21
August	19.4		22	22	18	21
September	20.8		22	22	21	23
October	20.7		23	20	21	22
November	19.3		21	20	19	21
December	17.7		20	18	18	17
Average	19.8	19.2	21.1	20.6	19.8	20.4

9th 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	1.6	5	1	0	2	2
February	1.7	0	2	1	2	1
March	0.6	0	2	1	1	1
April	0.4		0	0	1	0
May	0.7		0	1	0	1
June	3.5		3	7	2	3
July	3.8		6	8	4	2
August	4.0		3	5	5	7
September	1.3		1	3	2	0
October	2.6		1	3	1	1
November	4.1		7	6	0	12
December	1.8		2	2	3	1
Average	2.1	1.6	2.3	3.1	1.8	2.5

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	2.4	3	3	1	1	3
February	3.0	3	5	2	2	2
March	2.7	3	4	2	2	2
April	2.5		4	2	2	2
May	2.4		4	2	2	2
June	2.1		3	2	1	2
July	2.9		4	3	1	2
August	2.3		3	2	1	2
September	2.2		3	2	1	2
October	1.7		2	2	1	1
November	1.6		2	2	0	1
December	2.0		3	2	2	1
Average	2.4	3.2	3.3	1.9	1.3	1.7

3rd 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	078°	068°	084°	063°	070°
February	081°	068°	074°	073°	066°
March	082°	076°	080°	073°	076°
April		079°	075°	068°	087°
May		076°	073°	075°	079°
June		069°	074°	074°	072°
July		057°	064°	062°	068°
August		068°	064°	069°	071°
September		085°	072°	070°	086°
October		083°	078°	079°	086°
November		082°	075°	070°	051°
December		072°	076°	074°	078°

Prevailing wind direction

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