Ballina climate — normals and trends
Ballina (Ireland) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.5 °C and it receives 1,122 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (14.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Ballina averages 21 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 199 rainy days per year.
Ballina has warmed by +0.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.05 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 27 to 15 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 28.8 °C (on 29 July 1948) and the coldest -12.3 °C (on 25 December 2010).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
BallinaConnacht
- coords
- 54.12°, -9.17°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.5°C
Average daily high
12.2°C
Average daily low
6.8°C
Annual rainfall
1,122mm
Sunshine / day
7.5h
Mean relative humidity
84%
Average peak wind
21.8km/h
Seasonal range
9.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
21 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
199 d/yr
Annual snowfall
13.5 cm
Average feels-like high
9.4 °C
Average feels-like low
3.7 °C
Average peak gust
47.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.4 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.07 · p = 0.012
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
28.8 °C
29 July 1948
Coldest day
-12.3 °C
25 December 2010
Wettest day
64 mm
27 October 1989
Windiest day
68.3 km/h
26 December 1998
Strongest gust
148.3 km/h
26 December 1998
Hottest feels-like
32.6 °C
29 July 1948
Coldest feels-like
-16.8 °C
25 December 2010
Snowiest day
15.8 cm
16 November 1965
Sunniest day
16.8 h
13 June 1988
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.3 °C | +0.1 °C | 72 mm | -27 mm |
| Feb | 8.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 127 mm | +44 mm |
| Mar | 11.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 40 mm | -44 mm |
| Apr | 14.6 °C | +3.1 °C | 93 mm | +17 mm |
| May | 16.9 °C | +2.8 °C | 58 mm | -34 mm |
| Jun | 16.8 °C | +0.6 °C | 115 mm | +31 mm |
| Jul | 18.5 °C | +1.2 °C | 81 mm | -10 mm |
| Aug | 19.0 °C | +1.6 °C | 97 mm | -4 mm |
| Sep | 15.2 °C | -0.4 °C | 144 mm | +49 mm |
| Oct | 12.9 °C | +0.1 °C | 113 mm | +5 mm |
| Nov | 10.2 °C | +0.7 °C | 124 mm | +23 mm |
| Dec | 8.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 120 mm | +12 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ballina?
Ballina has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.5 °C and it receives 1,122 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ballina?
The hottest day measured in Ballina between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 1948, reaching 28.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ballina?
The coldest day measured in Ballina between 1940 and 2025 was 25 December 2010, at -12.3 °C.
Does it snow in Ballina?
Yes. Ballina gets on average 13.5 cm of snow per year and has around 21 frost days.
Has the climate of Ballina warmed?
Yes: Ballina warmed by +0.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ballina?
The wettest day measured in Ballina between 1940 and 2025 was 27 October 1989, with 64 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ballina?
The windiest day measured in Ballina between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1998, with winds reaching 68.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ballina?
The warmest month in Ballina is July (14.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Ballina?
Ballina receives on average 1,122 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 199 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ballina?
Ballina gets on average 7.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,738 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Ballina?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ballina between 1940 and 2025 was 16 November 1965, with 15.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ballina?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Ballina.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ballina?
In Ballina, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 32.6 °C on 29 July 1948, and the lowest was -16.8 °C on 25 December 2010.
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