Weather in Connaught

Calculated from weather data of Ireland West Knock Airport (EIKN) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	6.3	6.0	6.7	7.0	2.9	6.9
February	7.4	8.3	8.4	7.4	5.5	6.5
March	8.6	8.8	8.0	10.0	9.0	8.0
April	11.1	10.9	11.8	11.3	10.3	15.3
May	14.9		15.6	14.0	10.0	19.0
June	16.7		19.8	15.0	14.4	14.0
July	17.2		15.6	18.0	19.3	14.5
August	16.8		16.6	18.6	16.6	16.8
September	14.9		16.5	15.1	15.3	14.0
October	11.8		12.5	12.5	12.4	9.9
November	8.5		8.5	9.5	9.3	8.5
December	6.8		7.4	4.5	7.2	5.7
Average	11.3	8.4	12.3	12.2	12.1	10.7

9th highest temperature of Ireland

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	3.5	3	4	4	1	4
February	3.7	5	6	5	4	2
March	3.6	5	4	4	7	3
April	5.5	6	6	5	7	6
May	8.0		8	9	7	11
June	10.5		12	10	10	10
July	11.8		11	12	14	11
August	11.7		12	12	13	12
September	10.1		11	10	12	11
October	7.9		9	9	9	7
November	5.4		6	6	7	7
December	4.2		5	2	5	5
Average	7.0	4.6	7.8	7.4	8.8	6.9

3rd lowest temperature of Ireland

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
30 °C or warmer	0	0	0	0	0
25 °C or warmer	0	0	3	3	0
20 °C or warmer	0	24	14	12	4
0 °C or colder	3	8	10	2	2

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	27.4	26	31	21	6	33
February	27.2	29	21	35	30	28
March	26.2	31	39	11	23	27
April	18.9	26	18	23	8	7
May	15.2		11	20	28	0
June	17.8		13	26	7	0
July	21.9		37	14	16	30
August	23.2		22	12	21	19
September	21.8		22	17	24	18
October	25.5		21	32	21	25
November	28.5		29	35	23	17
December	25.4		38	8	25	32
Average	23.3	28.1	24.4	20.7	20.7	25.2

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 (km/h)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	18.9	18	19	18	11	20
February	22.4	19	20	27	23	27
March	19.8	20	19	16	21	21
April	19.3	20	19	18	20	14
May	16.7		15	19	17	15
June	16.3		14	17	13	29
July	15.6		18	15	11	17
August	16.3		18	14	15	15
September	17.1		16	16	14	19
October	18.2		16	19	16	20
November	18.2		18	20	18	18
December	18.8		22	12	19	22
Average	18.0	19.1	17.4	17.4	15.6	19.9

7th highest wind speed of Ireland

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	SW	SW	SW	NW	SW
February	SW	SW	SW	S	SW
March	S	S	S	SW	SW
April	W	S	S	SE	NE
May		W	SW	NW	S
June		S	SW	N	N
July		W	W	NW	W
August		W	SW	W	SW
September		S	NW	SW	SW
October		S	S	SW	W
November		W	S	W	S
December		SW	SE	SW	SW

Prevailing wind direction

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

Connaught weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Connaught?

The warmest month is July with an average temperature of 17 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Connaught?

The coldest month is January with an average daytime temperature of 6 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Connaught?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in November with a probability of around 28.6 %.

Which month is the driest in Connaught?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in May. The probability is about 15.3 %.