Weather at Lake Atitlan, Guatemala
Lake Atitlan weather and climate for places like San Pedro, San Marcos, Panajachel, Santiago is updated here as often as the weather and temperatur change. Which isn't often, because this is a sub-tropical climate, after all.
The following weather reports for Lake Atitlan are the only weather reports for the area that are direct from people at the lake, not a weather satellite. Temperature, rain, hot days or cold, everything about the weather and climate at Lake Atitlan is covered on this page. Or will be as soon as it stops raining long enough for us to get to the Internet Cafe and upload a few files.
Seasons around Lake Atitlan
Rainy season starts around May, but 2009 saw a major drought that is expected to reoccur in 2010. Rainy season lasts through October or November. A brief respite from the rain takes places in July.
The coolest time of year at Lake Atitlan is December and January, when the Xocomil winds picks up and the lake sees a lot of white caps in the afternoons.
Monthly Weather for Lake Atitlan, 2010
June, 2010 Lake Atitlan Weather
June 15: Since June 5 and Tropical Storm Agatha, we have seen only light rain every few days around the lake. (The tourism sector in San Pedro, Panajachel, San Marcos, Santa Cruz and Santiago was barely touched by the storm.)
May, 2010 Lake Atitlan Weather
May 12: Afternoons have been hot and muggy, with occasional winds later in the day.
May 11 : No rain for the past week. The first few days of May, the rains started coming back at night.
April, 2010 Lake Atitlan Weather
April 19 : The first day with no rain, except for light sprinkles in San Pedro.
April 17 : Cold, hard rain in the early afternoon brought a hail storm with one-inch oblong-shaped hail that fell for more than a half-hour. Other regions of Guatemala reported the same, onewith hail "...the size of apples."
April 10-15: Night-time rain continued.
April 9 : It rained all night at the lake.
April 6 : Rainy season approacheth. We've seen light rain or sprinkles almost daily over the past week all around the lake. Panajachel got a gullywasher a few days ago. If you are headed for Lake Atitlan soon, bring a poncho or other raingear.
March, 2010 Lake Atitlan Weather
March 1: Here we go again with the same afternoon showers.
February, 2010 Lake Atitlan Weather
February 26-27: Cold, hard rain hit the lake in the afternoon and continued until sundown.
February 14: Hard rain hit the lake about 4 PM and continued intensely through 8 PM. Bar owners were enthusiastic, considering the number of people trapped in bar for hours on end.
February 10: The wind picked up early this morning, and there are lots of white caps on the water, making the boat ride across the lake a bumpy one.
February 7-8: The first significant rainfall in several months swept across the lake, lasting several hours each evening. Days have been warm. Temperature in Panajachel: 57 degrees Fahrenheit at 8 PM, February 8. Light rain still falling around the lake.