Droichead Nua climate — normals and trends
Droichead Nua (Ireland) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.6 °C and it receives 779 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 (15.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Droichead Nua averages 32 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 151 rainy days per year.
Droichead Nua has warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.09 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 41 to 23 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 30.5 °C (on 18 July 2022) and the coldest -13.7 °C (on 12 January 1982).
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
Droichead NuaLeinster
- coords
- 53.18°, -6.80°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.6°C
Average daily high
12.8°C
Average daily low
6.6°C
Annual rainfall
779mm
Sunshine / day
7.1h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
19.9km/h
Seasonal range
10.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
32 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
151 d/yr
Annual snowfall
12.5 cm
Average feels-like high
10.1 °C
Average feels-like low
3.6 °C
Average peak gust
41.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.7 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.16 · 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
30.5 °C
18 July 2022
Coldest day
-13.7 °C
12 January 1982
Wettest day
58 mm
25 August 1986
Windiest day
66.4 km/h
24 December 1997
Strongest gust
136.1 km/h
23 April 1947
Hottest feels-like
33.2 °C
29 July 1948
Coldest feels-like
-19.2 °C
2 January 1979
Snowiest day
31.2 cm
8 December 1954
Sunniest day
16.7 h
20 June 2025
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 | 6.9 °C | -0.1 °C | 71 mm | +4 mm |
| Feb | 8.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 63 mm | +9 mm |
| Mar | 11.7 °C | +2.0 °C | 24 mm | -34 mm |
| Apr | 14.9 °C | +2.9 °C | 87 mm | +29 mm |
| May | 17.2 °C | +2.3 °C | 46 mm | -23 mm |
| Jun | 18.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 63 mm | +0 mm |
| Jul | 20.5 °C | +1.5 °C | 75 mm | +8 mm |
| Aug | 20.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 33 mm | -38 mm |
| Sep | 16.1 °C | -0.4 °C | 98 mm | +33 mm |
| Oct | 13.3 °C | +0.1 °C | 91 mm | +21 mm |
| Nov | 10.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 119 mm | +53 mm |
| Dec | 9.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 78 mm | +6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Droichead Nua?
Droichead Nua has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.6 °C and it receives 779 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Droichead Nua?
The hottest day measured in Droichead Nua between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 2022, reaching 30.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Droichead Nua?
The coldest day measured in Droichead Nua between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1982, at -13.7 °C.
Does it snow in Droichead Nua?
Yes. Droichead Nua gets on average 12.5 cm of snow per year and has around 32 frost days.
Has the climate of Droichead Nua warmed?
Yes: Droichead Nua warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Droichead Nua?
The wettest day measured in Droichead Nua between 1940 and 2025 was 25 August 1986, with 58 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Droichead Nua?
The windiest day measured in Droichead Nua between 1940 and 2025 was 24 December 1997, with winds reaching 66.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Droichead Nua?
The warmest month in Droichead Nua is July (15.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Droichead Nua?
Droichead Nua receives on average 779 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 151 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Droichead Nua?
Droichead Nua gets on average 7.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,592 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Droichead Nua?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Droichead Nua between 1940 and 2025 was 8 December 1954, with 31.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Droichead Nua?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Droichead Nua.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Droichead Nua?
In Droichead Nua, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.2 °C on 29 July 1948, and the lowest was -19.2 °C on 2 January 1979.
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