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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Limerick
Limerick climate by month
Oceanic · CfbBest Jun–Aug
Annual mean10°day and night
Seasonal swing10°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,168 mm202 wet days a year
52.66° N, 8.62° WElevation 7 mUTC+1 · Irish Standard Time
When to goLimerick · weather score
Best timeJun–Aug
October: high / low14° / 8°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Limerick has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 20° and nights 12°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 9° and lows of 3°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 10°.
About 1,168 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (80 mm, 20 wet days) and April the driest (69 mm, 13 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 47% in April to 55% in January.
Compared with Dublin, the capital, Limerick is 0.3° cooler on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 20° · July
- Coldest nights
- 3° · February
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- April · 47% cloud
- Longest day
- 16 h 50 min
- Shortest day
- 7 h 40 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 9° | 9° | 11° | 13° | 16° | 18° | 20° | 19° | 17° | 14° | 11° | 9° |
| Average low | 3° | 3° | 4° | 5° | 8° | 11° | 12° | 12° | 10° | 8° | 5° | 3° |
| Precipitation | 121 mm | 90 mm | 93 mm | 69 mm | 84 mm | 84 mm | 80 mm | 96 mm | 92 mm | 126 mm | 114 mm | 119 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 17.9 | 14.8 | 15.2 | 13.4 | 16.3 | 16.4 | 19.9 | 19.6 | 15.2 | 17.2 | 17.9 | 18.6 |
| Cloud cover | 55% | 53% | 53% | 47% | 47% | 51% | 53% | 52% | 50% | 51% | 53% | 54% |
| Daylight | 8h 10 | 9h 54 | 11h 48 | 13h 55 | 15h 46 | 16h 50 | 16h 23 | 14h 46 | 12h 43 | 10h 41 | 8h 45 | 7h 40 |
| Month score | 15 | 15 | 20 | 37 | 49 | 58 | 57 | 58 | 56 | 38 | 20 | 15 |
ivMonth by month
Limerick in every month
January15
9° / 3°
121 mm · 17.9 wet days
February15
9° / 3°
90 mm · 14.8 wet days
March20
11° / 4°
93 mm · 15.2 wet days
April37
13° / 5°
69 mm · 13.4 wet days
May49
16° / 8°
84 mm · 16.3 wet days
June58
18° / 11°
84 mm · 16.4 wet days
July57
20° / 12°
80 mm · 19.9 wet days
August58
19° / 12°
96 mm · 19.6 wet days
September56
17° / 10°
92 mm · 15.2 wet days
October38
14° / 8°
126 mm · 17.2 wet days
November20
11° / 5°
114 mm · 17.9 wet days
December15
9° / 3°
119 mm · 18.6 wet days