Weather in Ards and North Down

Calculated from weather data of George Best Belfast City Airport (EGAC) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	7.8	7.9	8.5	8.8	6.0	8.6
February	8.8	10.0	10.0	9.4	7.4	8.4
March	10.0	10.0	10.0	11.1	10.1	9.5
April	12.0	12.3	12.1	12.4	10.8	13.4
May	15.6		16.5	15.6	13.5	15.5
June	18.3		20.6	17.6	18.0	17.6
July	19.2		18.0	19.6	20.8	17.1
August	18.7		18.8	20.5	18.3	18.1
September	16.8		18.3	17.1	17.8	16.3
October	13.7		14.5	14.5	14.6	12.4
November	10.4		10.3	11.9	11.0	11.0
December	8.4		9.5	6.5	9.0	7.5
Average	12.9	10.0	14.0	14.0	13.1	13.0

68th highest temperature of United Kingdom

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	3.8	5	6	4	3	3
March	4.0	5	4	4	5	3
April	5.7	6	6	6	3	6
May	8.3		9	10	6	8
June	11.6		13	12	11	11
July	12.8		13	13	13	11
August	12.6		13	13	13	13
September	10.9		12	12	12	10
October	8.4		9	9	10	7
November	5.5		5	7	7	6
December	4.1		6	1	5	3
Average	7.2	4.6	8.2	8.0	7.4	7.0

64th lowest temperature of United Kingdom

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	2	3	0
20 °C or warmer	0	37	24	27	23
0 °C or colder	5	13	16	14	6

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	17.8	17	23	21	18	14
February	19.2	18	11	25	25	28
March	19.6	29	25	15	11	13
April	14.2	28	17	15	5	5
May	12.1		6	21	16	5
June	12.6		11	16	6	19
July	14.1		27	9	6	21
August	15.6		19	8	15	20
September	16.7		25	16	13	11
October	19.2		23	25	20	21
November	18.6		18	13	21	20
December	23.1		40	11	26	23
Average	16.9	24.0	19.5	15.8	13.7	15.9

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	17.6	17	17	17	15	23
February	20.9	16	18	23	24	27
March	18.8	18	17	16	20	21
April	17.0	18	15	16	16	17
May	15.8		13	16	17	17
June	15.5		12	16	16	18
July	14.2		15	13	12	15
August	14.9		15	13	13	16
September	15.6		15	14	13	17
October	17.3		16	18	15	18
November	16.8		14	20	16	18
December	16.8		19	12	16	18
Average	16.6	17.5	15.1	15.8	15.6	18.1

72nd highest wind speed of United Kingdom

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

Prevailing wind direction

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

Ards and North Down weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Ards and North Down?

The warmest month is July with an average temperature of 19 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Ards and North Down?

The coldest month is January with an average daytime temperature of 8 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Ards and North Down?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in December with a probability of around 23.1 %.

Which month is the driest in Ards and North Down?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in May. The probability is about 12.2 %.