Mountains of the Central Dingle Peninsula · Munster · IrelandSummit weather, forecast and climate

Mount Eagle

516 m

Elevation516 mabove sea level

Prominence461 mindependent height

Isolation18 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul15°average high

52.12° N, 10.43° WElevation 516 mUTC+0 · Greenwich Mean Time

From the valley to the top

Summit516 m
Mid-mountain270 m
Valley · Dunquin27 m

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Mount Eagle in brief

Mount Eagle rises to 516 m in the Mountains of the Central Dingle Peninsula, Munster, Ireland. Its topographic prominence — the height it stands above the lowest contour enclosing a higher summit — is 461 m.

At the summit, August is the mildest month with average highs of 15°, while nights rarely fall below freezing.

The nearest town is Dunquin, 2.3 km to the NW at 27 m.

Facts

Elevation: 516 m · 1,693 ft
Prominence: 461 m
Range: Mountains of the Central Dingle Peninsula
Region: Munster
Country: Ireland
Coordinates: 52.1178, -10.4321
Nearest airport: Kerry Airport (KIR) · 62 km

iiForecast

Weather at three heights

Temperatures are adjusted to each height; summits are usually colder and windier than the valley forecast suggests.

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iiiSummit climate

The top of Mount Eagle by month

Summit temperatures and precipitation

Climate normals for the summit area (~1 km grid), station-adjusted

Climate normals for Mount Eagle by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	8°	7°	8°	9°	11°	13°	15°	15°	14°	12°	9°	8°
Average low	4°	4°	5°	5°	8°	10°	12°	12°	11°	9°	6°	5°
Precipitation	220 mm	168 mm	168 mm	124 mm	128 mm	128 mm	128 mm	151 mm	170 mm	252 mm	222 mm	224 mm
Cloud cover	57%	57%	56%	48%	48%	52%	55%	53%	53%	53%	55%	56%
Daylight	8h 15	9h 57	11h 48	13h 53	15h 41	16h 43	16h 18	14h 42	12h 43	10h 43	8h 49	7h 46
Month score	14	14	14	18	23	33	41	43	37	24	15	14

Snow and freezing level

Average height of the 0 °C level from the summit normals (6.5 °C per km); snow months have a summit mean at or below +1 °C

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Freezing level	1,400 m	1,400 m	1,500 m	1,600 m	1,950 m	2,350 m	2,600 m	2,600 m	2,450 m	2,100 m	1,700 m	1,500 m
Summit	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C

ivTerrain

Mount Eagle in 3D

vNeighbours

Peaks nearby

Mountains of Ireland

Mountain	Elevation	Prominence	Distance	July summit high
Mount Brandon	952 m	934 m	18 km NE	14°
Knocknadobar	690 m	565 m	22 km SE	15°
Tearaght Island	200 m	200 m	16 km W	16°
Carhoo Hill	184 m	170 m	10 km E	18°
Inishtooskert	172 m	172 m	10 km W	16°
Inishvickillane	135 m	135 m	15 km SW	16°