Ballinasloe climate — normals and trends
Ballinasloe has a temperate oceanic climate, averaging 9.9 °C annually with 876 mm of rain per year.
Climate normals · ERA5
BallinasloeConnacht
- coords
- 53.33°, -8.22°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
The normals for this period
The average of every indicator across the whole window: temperature, water, sky, wind and notable days.
Mean daily temperature
9.9°C
Average daily high
12.9°C
Average daily low
7.0°C
Annual rainfall
876mm
Sunshine / day
6.8h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
20.0km/h
Seasonal range
10.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
24 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
160 d/yr
Annual snowfall
8.2 cm
Average feels-like high
10.3 °C
Average feels-like low
4.1 °C
Average peak gust
42.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
What the yearly averages say about warming here, and whether the slope is statistically solid.
+0.4 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.07 · p = 0.015
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
Climate month by month
How an average year unfolds: when it rains, when it turns hot, when the sun is out.
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
The most extreme days ever measured here, then the year-by-year detail.
Hottest day
30.2 °C
13 July 1983
Coldest day
-12.3 °C
25 December 2010
Wettest day
56 mm
25 August 1986
Windiest day
70.7 km/h
16 September 1961
Strongest gust
140.4 km/h
24 January 2025
Hottest feels-like
33.2 °C
13 July 1983
Coldest feels-like
-16.3 °C
25 December 2010
Snowiest day
15.3 cm
10 December 2017
Sunniest day
16.7 h
19 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
A specific year
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.5 °C | 0.0 °C | 70 mm | -11 mm |
| Feb | 9.1 °C | +1.0 °C | 94 mm | +29 mm |
| Mar | 11.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 29 mm | -38 mm |
| Apr | 15.2 °C | +3.0 °C | 80 mm | +19 mm |
| May | 17.8 °C | +2.9 °C | 62 mm | -10 mm |
| Jun | 18.4 °C | +1.0 °C | 73 mm | +7 mm |
| Jul | 20.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 71 mm | +3 mm |
| Aug | 19.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 52 mm | -27 mm |
| Sep | 16.0 °C | -0.4 °C | 115 mm | +42 mm |
| Oct | 13.4 °C | +0.1 °C | 111 mm | +29 mm |
| Nov | 10.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 123 mm | +46 mm |
| Dec | 9.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 92 mm | +6 mm |
The year's extremes
What was the weather like that day?
The weather actually measured on a given date, anywhere in the covered window.
Climate at a glance
What these normals say about the place, in a few sentences, and the notions needed to read them.
Ballinasloe (Ireland) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.9 °C and it receives 876 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 (15.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Ballinasloe averages 24 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 160 rainy days per year.
Ballinasloe 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 30 to 18 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 30.2 °C (on 13 July 1983) 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.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ballinasloe?
Ballinasloe has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.9 °C and it receives 876 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ballinasloe?
The hottest day measured in Ballinasloe between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 1983, reaching 30.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ballinasloe?
The coldest day measured in Ballinasloe between 1940 and 2025 was 25 December 2010, at -12.3 °C.
Does it snow in Ballinasloe?
Yes. Ballinasloe gets on average 8.2 cm of snow per year and has around 24 frost days.
Has the climate of Ballinasloe warmed?
Yes: Ballinasloe warmed by +0.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ballinasloe?
The wettest day measured in Ballinasloe between 1940 and 2025 was 25 August 1986, with 56 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ballinasloe?
The windiest day measured in Ballinasloe between 1940 and 2025 was 16 September 1961, with winds reaching 70.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ballinasloe?
The warmest month in Ballinasloe is July (15.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Ballinasloe?
Ballinasloe receives on average 876 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 160 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ballinasloe?
Ballinasloe gets on average 6.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,482 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Ballinasloe?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ballinasloe between 1940 and 2025 was 10 December 2017, with 15.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ballinasloe?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Ballinasloe.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ballinasloe?
In Ballinasloe, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.2 °C on 13 July 1983, and the lowest was -16.3 °C on 25 December 2010.
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