How extreme does Puerto Lempira's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Puerto Lempira has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 50+ years of daily weather observations (1973–present), from the Puerto Lempira station 6 km away. Updated through August 2025 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Puerto Lempira has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

102°F Mar 19, 2003

That is about 16°F hotter than a normal March afternoon in Puerto Lempira (typical high near 86°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 102°F Mar 19, 2003

2 101°F Sep 19, 1989

3 101°F Mar 18, 2003

❄️ Coldest night

52°F Dec 25, 1989

About 20°F colder than a normal December night in Puerto Lempira (typical low near 72°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 52°F Dec 25, 1989

2 52°F Dec 26, 1989

3 54°F Mar 10, 1989

🌧️ Most rain in one day

19.69 in Jun 11, 1973

More rain in a single day than Puerto Lempira usually gets in the whole month of June (typical June total about 9.4 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 19.69 in Jun 11, 1973

2 19.69 in May 28, 1977

3 19.69 in Jun 20, 1978

How hot and cold it gets, month by month

The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.

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Puerto Lempira's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — March's 102°F is about 16°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.

In plain terms

In a normal year, Puerto Lempira's warmest days reach the low 90s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 70s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 102°F and as low as 52°F. A single day has delivered over 20 inches of rain. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 16 years of daily observations at Puerto Lempira, a weather station, about 6 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →

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