Climate Kerry Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kerry Airport (EIKY) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	54.9	65	57	53	62	56
February	57.9	45	56	50	69	61
March	59.6	47	59	78	42	71
April	72.0		68	78	87	76
May	67.9		62	66	69	75
June	59.1		62	59	63	45
July	52.0		51	58	55	40
August	53.1		51	78	56	53
September	59.6		60	60	64	70
October	59.6		63	61	60	65
November	57.4		56	65	56	55
December	59.2		57	74	56	66
Average	58.9	51.4	58.2	64.9	61.7	60.9

7th best VFR conditions of Ireland

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	91.7	96	93	95	90	92
February	92.5	86	93	93	99	97
March	94.2	96	96	99	86	98
April	96.8		97	96	100	95
May	96.1		97	98	97	98
June	93.6		91	96	93	91
July	89.3		88	90	87	81
August	92.7		93	96	91	91
September	92.7		94	93	90	93
October	94.2		92	97	95	99
November	92.8		96	97	87	91
December	92.1		88	97	96	96
Average	93.2	92.5	93.1	95.3	92.5	93.3

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	8.9	8	9	10	8	10
February	9.8	11	11	10	9	9
March	10.8	11	11	12	11	11
April	13.3		13	14	13	15
May	15.9		17	16	13	17
June	17.9		21	17	17	17
July	19.1		18	20	21	18
August	18.9		18	21	19	19
September	17.3		19	17	18	18
October	14.2		15	15	15	13
November	11.1		11	12	12	12
December	9.4		10	6	10	8
Average	13.4	10.1	14.4	14.4	13.8	13.7

2nd 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	4.7	3	5	6	3	5
February	6.1	7	7	7	6	5
March	5.7	8	7	7	6	5
April	6.9		9	8	5	6
May	9.6		11	12	8	9
June	12.4		15	12	12	12
July	13.9		14	15	15	13
August	13.6		14	14	15	14
September	11.6		13	11	14	11
October	9.5		11	11	11	8
November	6.9		8	8	8	7
December	5.7		7	1	8	5
Average	8.5	5.8	9.9	9.6	9.2	8.4

8th lowest temperature of Ireland

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	23.7	26	25	18	21	20
February	29.1	32	15	30	32	44
March	25.3	31	36	6	27	23
April	14.2		17	18	8	10
May	12.9		9	15	29	6
June	14.2		14	18	6	22
July	16.7		30	10	18	27
August	16.9		14	8	12	20
September	18.7		28	17	16	9
October	23.5		23	30	27	26
November	27.9		23	39	22	32
December	29.3		34	6	30	36
Average	21.1	29.6	21.9	17.7	19.6	21.3

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	7.9	9	8	7	6	9
February	10.9	10	9	13	11	14
March	9.2	10	10	9	9	10
April	8.3		10	9	7	6
May	7.7		7	9	7	9
June	7.6		8	8	7	7
July	7.1		8	7	6	8
August	7.6		8	6	7	7
September	7.5		8	6	7	7
October	7.9		7	9	8	9
November	8.2		8	11	7	8
December	8.3		11	6	8	8
Average	8.2	9.3	8.4	8.3	7.3	8.5

2nd 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	219°	232°	232°	247°	223°
February	248°	212°	248°	180°	247°
March	205°	206°	150°	225°	231°
April		173°	199°	118°	125°
May		304°	240°	237°	165°
June		182°	252°	264°	296°
July		248°	261°	288°	259°
August		238°	264°	255°	254°
September		209°	216°	218°	247°
October		175°	207°	225°	260°
November		250°	211°	261°	220°
December		241°	117°	211°	253°

Prevailing wind direction

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