Thurles climate — normals and trends
Thurles (Ireland) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.4 °C and it receives 830 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 (15.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Thurles averages 29 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 154 rainy days per year.
Thurles has warmed by +0.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.06 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 36 to 22 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 29.3 °C (on 29 June 1976) and the coldest -13.5 °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
ThurlesMunster
- coords
- 52.68°, -7.80°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.4°C
Average daily high
12.3°C
Average daily low
6.6°C
Annual rainfall
830mm
Sunshine / day
6.9h
Mean relative humidity
83%
Average peak wind
20.0km/h
Seasonal range
10.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
29 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
154 d/yr
Annual snowfall
12.2 cm
Average feels-like high
9.7 °C
Average feels-like low
3.6 °C
Average peak gust
42.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.5 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.08 · p = 0.008
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
29.3 °C
29 June 1976
Coldest day
-13.5 °C
12 January 1982
Wettest day
71 mm
25 August 1986
Windiest day
68.6 km/h
24 December 1997
Strongest gust
134.3 km/h
23 April 1947
Hottest feels-like
32.5 °C
13 July 1983
Coldest feels-like
-18.6 °C
12 January 1982
Snowiest day
19.1 cm
8 December 1954
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 | 6.9 °C | -0.1 °C | 98 mm | +21 mm |
| Feb | 8.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 80 mm | +17 mm |
| Mar | 11.2 °C | +2.0 °C | 31 mm | -33 mm |
| Apr | 14.4 °C | +2.9 °C | 71 mm | +11 mm |
| May | 17.3 °C | +3.0 °C | 61 mm | -10 mm |
| Jun | 17.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 58 mm | -5 mm |
| Jul | 19.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 80 mm | +16 mm |
| Aug | 19.3 °C | +1.3 °C | 42 mm | -30 mm |
| Sep | 15.6 °C | -0.3 °C | 105 mm | +37 mm |
| Oct | 13.0 °C | +0.2 °C | 109 mm | +31 mm |
| Nov | 10.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 122 mm | +52 mm |
| Dec | 8.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 87 mm | +6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Thurles?
Thurles has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.4 °C and it receives 830 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Thurles?
The hottest day measured in Thurles between 1940 and 2025 was 29 June 1976, reaching 29.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Thurles?
The coldest day measured in Thurles between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1982, at -13.5 °C.
Does it snow in Thurles?
Yes. Thurles gets on average 12.2 cm of snow per year and has around 29 frost days.
Has the climate of Thurles warmed?
Yes: Thurles warmed by +0.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Thurles?
The wettest day measured in Thurles between 1940 and 2025 was 25 August 1986, with 71 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Thurles?
The windiest day measured in Thurles between 1940 and 2025 was 24 December 1997, with winds reaching 68.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Thurles?
The warmest month in Thurles is July (15.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Thurles?
Thurles receives on average 830 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 154 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Thurles?
Thurles gets on average 6.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,519 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Thurles?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Thurles between 1940 and 2025 was 8 December 1954, with 19.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Thurles?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Thurles.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Thurles?
In Thurles, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 32.5 °C on 13 July 1983, and the lowest was -18.6 °C on 12 January 1982.
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