Climate Ballina Airfield 2020-2024

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

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

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	43.3	49	42	44	89	42
February	51.1	47	38	49	36	58
March	53.6	43	34	76	55	64
April	57.8		63	67	82	100
May	66.8		57	60	64	85
June	62.5		67	58	71	80
July	50.3		42	55	68	45
August	54.1		49	71	48	60
September	55.6		58	54	49	50
October	54.1		53	55	52	74
November	52.9		55	54	46	43
December	47.1		42	74	32	37
Average	53.7	46.1	50.9	59.9	51.4	56.4

9th 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	67.1	73	71	76	92	61
February	74.2	65	77	79	64	80
March	76.0	71	64	89	73	82
April	79.8		84	81	92	100
May	83.2		80	83	80	95
June	82.6		79	83	81	100
July	74.9		67	74	83	64
August	74.8		80	86	71	73
September	75.1		76	81	67	69
October	69.0		62	73	68	82
November	68.6		74	74	61	57
December	61.7		59	80	51	53
Average	73.7	69.3	73.4	80.1	68.9	73.4

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	6.3	6	7	7	3	7
February	7.4	8	8	7	6	7
March	8.6	9	8	10	9	8
April	11.2		12	11	10	15
May	14.9		16	14	10	19
June	16.7		20	15	14	14
July	17.2		16	18	19	15
August	16.8		17	19	17	17
September	14.9		17	15	15	14
October	11.8		13	13	12	10
November	8.5		9	10	9	9
December	6.8		7	5	7	6
Average	11.2	7.6	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	5.4		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	6.9	4.1	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.

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	17.7		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	23.4	28.9	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 (knots)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	10.2	10	10	10	6	11
February	12.1	10	11	15	12	15
March	10.6	11	10	9	11	12
April	10.4		10	10	11	8
May	9.0		8	10	9	8
June	8.8		8	9	7	16
July	8.4		10	8	6	9
August	8.8		10	8	8	8
September	9.2		8	9	8	10
October	9.8		9	10	9	11
November	9.8		9	11	9	10
December	10.1		12	7	10	12
Average	9.7	10.1	9.4	9.4	8.4	10.7

9th 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	218°	233°	228°	318°	210°
February	241°	215°	247°	166°	241°
March	160°	186°	160°	228°	236°
April		176°	177°	151°	045°
May		278°	237°	329°	168°
June		162°	221°	348°	001°
July		250°	263°	310°	256°
August		248°	247°	274°	232°
September		193°	317°	218°	232°
October		172°	198°	215°	283°
November		258°	190°	265°	176°
December		243°	138°	210°	203°

Prevailing wind direction

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