Carrick-on-Suir climate — normals and trends
Carrick-on-Suir (Ireland) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.9 °C and it receives 825 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 (5.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Carrick-on-Suir averages 23 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 143 rainy days per year.
Carrick-on-Suir has warmed by +0.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.07 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 29 to 17 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 27.7 °C (on 29 June 1976) and the coldest -11.5 °C (on 23 January 1940).
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
Carrick-on-SuirMunster
- coords
- 52.35°, -7.41°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.9°C
Average daily high
12.8°C
Average daily low
7.0°C
Annual rainfall
825mm
Sunshine / day
7.5h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
20.5km/h
Seasonal range
10.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
23 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
143 d/yr
Annual snowfall
7.1 cm
Average feels-like high
10.2 °C
Average feels-like low
4.2 °C
Average peak gust
45.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.6 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.12 · p = 0.001
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
27.7 °C
29 June 1976
Coldest day
-11.5 °C
23 January 1940
Wettest day
73 mm
25 August 1986
Windiest day
66.4 km/h
10 February 1958
Strongest gust
142.6 km/h
23 April 1947
Hottest feels-like
32.2 °C
13 July 1983
Coldest feels-like
-16.8 °C
23 January 1940
Snowiest day
19.0 cm
19 February 1978
Sunniest day
16.6 h
20 June 2022
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 | 7.6 °C | 0.0 °C | 112 mm | +32 mm |
| Feb | 9.1 °C | +1.2 °C | 97 mm | +33 mm |
| Mar | 11.3 °C | +1.8 °C | 36 mm | -29 mm |
| Apr | 14.0 °C | +2.3 °C | 58 mm | -1 mm |
| May | 17.5 °C | +3.2 °C | 27 mm | -40 mm |
| Jun | 18.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 47 mm | -11 mm |
| Jul | 20.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 83 mm | +24 mm |
| Aug | 19.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 40 mm | -27 mm |
| Sep | 16.2 °C | -0.1 °C | 100 mm | +33 mm |
| Oct | 13.5 °C | +0.2 °C | 116 mm | +30 mm |
| Nov | 11.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 120 mm | +47 mm |
| Dec | 9.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 109 mm | +28 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Carrick-on-Suir?
Carrick-on-Suir has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.9 °C and it receives 825 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Carrick-on-Suir?
The hottest day measured in Carrick-on-Suir between 1940 and 2025 was 29 June 1976, reaching 27.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Carrick-on-Suir?
The coldest day measured in Carrick-on-Suir between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1940, at -11.5 °C.
Does it snow in Carrick-on-Suir?
Yes. Carrick-on-Suir gets on average 7.1 cm of snow per year and has around 23 frost days.
Has the climate of Carrick-on-Suir warmed?
Yes: Carrick-on-Suir warmed by +0.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Carrick-on-Suir?
The wettest day measured in Carrick-on-Suir between 1940 and 2025 was 25 August 1986, with 73 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Carrick-on-Suir?
The windiest day measured in Carrick-on-Suir between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1958, with winds reaching 66.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Carrick-on-Suir?
The warmest month in Carrick-on-Suir is July (15.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Carrick-on-Suir?
Carrick-on-Suir receives on average 825 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 143 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Carrick-on-Suir?
Carrick-on-Suir 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 Carrick-on-Suir?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Carrick-on-Suir between 1940 and 2025 was 19 February 1978, with 19.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Carrick-on-Suir?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Carrick-on-Suir.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Carrick-on-Suir?
In Carrick-on-Suir, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 32.2 °C on 13 July 1983, and the lowest was -16.8 °C on 23 January 1940.
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