Loughrea climate — normals and trends
Loughrea (Ireland) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.8 °C and it receives 966 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 (15.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Loughrea averages 26 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 166 rainy days per year.
Loughrea 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 32 to 20 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 30.2 °C (on 13 July 1983) and the coldest -12.0 °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
LoughreaConnacht
- coords
- 53.20°, -8.57°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.8°C
Average daily high
12.8°C
Average daily low
6.9°C
Annual rainfall
966mm
Sunshine / day
6.8h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
20.1km/h
Seasonal range
10.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
26 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
166 d/yr
Annual snowfall
9.6 cm
Average feels-like high
10.1 °C
Average feels-like low
3.9 °C
Average peak gust
42.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.3 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 = 0.016
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
30.2 °C
13 July 1983
Coldest day
-12.0 °C
25 December 2010
Wettest day
55 mm
25 August 1986
Windiest day
68.6 km/h
16 September 1961
Strongest gust
147.6 km/h
26 December 1998
Hottest feels-like
33.5 °C
13 July 1983
Coldest feels-like
-16.1 °C
25 December 2010
Snowiest day
16.9 cm
10 December 2017
Sunniest day
16.7 h
20 June 2022
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.3 °C | -0.1 °C | 72 mm | -15 mm |
| Feb | 9.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 108 mm | +36 mm |
| Mar | 11.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 32 mm | -42 mm |
| Apr | 15.2 °C | +3.1 °C | 82 mm | +14 mm |
| May | 17.8 °C | +3.0 °C | 66 mm | -16 mm |
| Jun | 18.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 87 mm | +14 mm |
| Jul | 19.8 °C | +1.3 °C | 82 mm | +6 mm |
| Aug | 19.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 65 mm | -22 mm |
| Sep | 15.7 °C | -0.5 °C | 138 mm | +58 mm |
| Oct | 13.3 °C | +0.1 °C | 113 mm | +23 mm |
| Nov | 10.6 °C | +0.9 °C | 128 mm | +44 mm |
| Dec | 8.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 103 mm | +9 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Loughrea?
Loughrea has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.8 °C and it receives 966 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Loughrea?
The hottest day measured in Loughrea between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 1983, reaching 30.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Loughrea?
The coldest day measured in Loughrea between 1940 and 2025 was 25 December 2010, at -12.0 °C.
Does it snow in Loughrea?
Yes. Loughrea gets on average 9.6 cm of snow per year and has around 26 frost days.
Has the climate of Loughrea warmed?
Yes: Loughrea warmed by +0.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Loughrea?
The wettest day measured in Loughrea between 1940 and 2025 was 25 August 1986, with 55 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Loughrea?
The windiest day measured in Loughrea between 1940 and 2025 was 16 September 1961, with winds reaching 68.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Loughrea?
The warmest month in Loughrea is July (15.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Loughrea?
Loughrea receives on average 966 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 166 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Loughrea?
Loughrea 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 Loughrea?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Loughrea between 1940 and 2025 was 10 December 2017, with 16.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Loughrea?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Loughrea.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Loughrea?
In Loughrea, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.5 °C on 13 July 1983, and the lowest was -16.1 °C on 25 December 2010.
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