Kilkeel climate — normals and trends
Kilkeel (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.9 °C and it receives 980 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 August (14.6 °C on average) and the coldest is February (5.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Kilkeel averages 2 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 169 rainy days per year.
Kilkeel has warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.10 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 4 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 21.4 °C (on 17 July 2021) and the coldest -4.6 °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
KilkeelNorthern Ireland
- coords
- 54.06°, -6.00°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.9°C
Average daily high
11.4°C
Average daily low
8.3°C
Annual rainfall
980mm
Sunshine / day
7.7h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
29.1km/h
Seasonal range
8.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
2 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
169 d/yr
Annual snowfall
9.9 cm
Average feels-like high
8.0 °C
Average feels-like low
4.1 °C
Average peak gust
44.9 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
+0.8 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.27 · 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
21.4 °C
17 July 2021
Coldest day
-4.6 °C
25 December 2010
Wettest day
54 mm
2 October 1981
Windiest day
81.5 km/h
19 November 1959
Strongest gust
128.2 km/h
3 December 2006
Hottest feels-like
23.9 °C
17 July 2021
Coldest feels-like
-11.9 °C
13 January 1987
Snowiest day
9.8 cm
13 December 1981
Sunniest day
16.9 h
19 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.4 °C | 0.0 °C | 69 mm | -26 mm |
| Feb | 8.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 77 mm | +3 mm |
| Mar | 9.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 19 mm | -52 mm |
| Apr | 11.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 101 mm | +39 mm |
| May | 14.1 °C | +2.2 °C | 50 mm | -16 mm |
| Jun | 15.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 116 mm | +49 mm |
| Jul | 17.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 92 mm | +16 mm |
| Aug | 17.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 54 mm | -29 mm |
| Sep | 15.1 °C | +0.2 °C | 136 mm | +50 mm |
| Oct | 13.1 °C | +0.5 °C | 122 mm | +22 mm |
| Nov | 10.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 143 mm | +45 mm |
| Dec | 9.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 116 mm | +14 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kilkeel?
Kilkeel has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.9 °C and it receives 980 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kilkeel?
The hottest day measured in Kilkeel between 1940 and 2025 was 17 July 2021, reaching 21.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kilkeel?
The coldest day measured in Kilkeel between 1940 and 2025 was 25 December 2010, at -4.6 °C.
Does it snow in Kilkeel?
Yes. Kilkeel gets on average 9.9 cm of snow per year and has around 2 frost days.
Has the climate of Kilkeel warmed?
Yes: Kilkeel warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kilkeel?
The wettest day measured in Kilkeel between 1940 and 2025 was 2 October 1981, with 54 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kilkeel?
The windiest day measured in Kilkeel between 1940 and 2025 was 19 November 1959, with winds reaching 81.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kilkeel?
The warmest month in Kilkeel is August (14.6 °C on average); the coldest is February (5.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Kilkeel?
Kilkeel receives on average 980 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 169 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kilkeel?
Kilkeel gets on average 7.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,811 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kilkeel?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kilkeel between 1940 and 2025 was 13 December 1981, with 9.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kilkeel?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kilkeel.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kilkeel?
In Kilkeel, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 23.9 °C on 17 July 2021, and the lowest was -11.9 °C on 13 January 1987.
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