Ballyvalloo Airstrip

IE-0034 · Leinster, Ireland

Climate Ballyvalloo Airstrip 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Waterford Airport (EIWF) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 60.5 64 70 59 59 56
February 62.8 52 67 72 51 69
March 63.1 51 52 84 59 77
April 71.3 66 79 91 77
May 79.1 82 79 79 86
June 76.4 72 83 79 66
July 78.2 76 81 76 66
August 73.3 70 87 74 65
September 71.9 70 82 67 74
October 66.3 58 68 56 82
November 67.6 80 74 69 52
December 57.9 67 77 45 62
Average 68.5 55.3 69.2 77.7 68.6 70.3

2nd 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 80.7 79 79 91 72 69
February 79.8 66 90 84 77 85
March 79.4 71 66 91 84 87
April 87.1 81 94 99 90
May 88.5 89 90 87 93
June 87.6 82 92 85 85
July 88.0 83 90 90 79
August 84.0 81 90 90 77
September 84.1 82 88 83 86
October 81.6 71 83 68 96
November 82.5 93 89 79 66
December 77.6 84 86 68 80
Average 82.6 71.1 81.6 89.2 83.0 83.5

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 8.0 7 9 9 5 9
February 7.9 10 10 10 1 9
March 8.7 10 10 11 10 10
April 10.4 12 13 11 13
May 12.9 17 15 13 15
June 15.3 19 17 17 17
July 16.4 18 20 20 17
August 18.0 18 21 18 19
September 16.9 18 17 18 17
October 13.8 14 15 14 13
November 10.5 11 12 11 11
December 8.7 10 6 9 8
Average 11.9 9.2 13.7 14.0 12.4 13.0

4th 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 3.9 3 4 4 1 5
February 4.1 6 6 6 0 5
March 4.7 7 6 5 6 5
April 5.7 7 6 5 8
May 8.6 11 11 8 10
June 11.5 15 12 13 13
July 12.5 14 15 16 13
August 13.6 14 15 14 14
September 11.4 13 11 13 11
October 9.1 10 11 10 8
November 6.3 6 7 6 7
December 5.0 6 1 7 4
Average 7.7 5.0 9.3 8.9 8.2 8.4

6th 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 9.5 16 9 4 16 11
February 11.2 16 1 9 19 14
March 13.1 16 21 8 5 8
April 6.7 5 4 3 5
May 5.1 2 5 11 1
June 5.1 4 4 4 6
July 4.9 12 4 4 8
August 6.1 4 3 5 9
September 8.1 15 12 4 3
October 11.3 19 11 11 8
November 10.1 5 10 3 12
December 11.6 7 9 10 12
Average 9.0 16.0 8.6 6.5 7.5 7.5

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 9.1 10 10 8 8 10
February 11.8 9 9 13 14 15
March 11.2 12 12 10 10 12
April 9.5 10 10 9 9
May 9.5 8 10 11 10
June 9.5 9 10 10 10
July 8.7 10 8 7 9
August 9.3 10 9 9 9
September 8.9 10 9 7 9
October 10.2 9 13 10 11
November 9.7 8 12 8 11
December 10.0 11 8 10 11
Average 9.8 10.3 9.8 9.9 9.3 10.3

4th 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 234° 252° 267° 296° 246°
February 249° 229° 258° 178° 265°
March 201° 215° 147° 252° 256°
April 185° 167° 109° 133°
May 131° 230° 239° 184°
June 178° 228° 240° 273°
July 237° 253° 232° 261°
August 242° 228° 240° 243°
September 213° 301° 226° 241°
October 210° 213° 240° 272°
November 286° 223° 302° 213°
December 256° 042° 243° 267°

Prevailing wind direction

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