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Malin Head 1961-1990 averages | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
TEMPERATURE (degrees Celsius) | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
mean daily max. | 7.6 | 7.5 | 8.7 | 10.3 | 12.7 | 15.0 | 16.2 | 16.6 | 15.3 | 13.0 | 9.8 | 8.4 | 11.8 |
mean daily min. | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 7.1 | 9.6 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 10.1 | 8.3 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 6.8 |
mean | 5.4 | 5.2 | 6.2 | 7.6 | 9.9 | 12.3 | 13.8 | 14.0 | 12.7 | 10.7 | 7.5 | 6.3 | 9.3 |
absolute max. | 13.9 | 13.8 | 19.0 | 19.5 | 24.7 | 25.0 | 27.0 | 25.3 | 23.2 | 19.6 | 16.0 | 15.1 | 27.0 |
absolute min. | -6.2 | -6.2 | -4.4 | -1.8 | -0.5 | 2.6 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | -2.5 | -5.5 | -6.2 |
mean no. of days with air frost | 3.4 | 3.3 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 11.0 |
mean no. of days with ground frost | 9.6 | 9.8 | 7.4 | 4.3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 3.7 | 6.7 | 42.9 |
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RELATIVE HUMIDITY (%) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
mean at 0900UTC | 83 | 82 | 81 | 79 | 79 | 81 | 84 | 84 | 83 | 83 | 82 | 83 | 82 |
mean at 1500UTC | 80 | 77 | 76 | 76 | 76 | 78 | 80 | 79 | 78 | 78 | 79 | 81 | 78 |
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SUNSHINE (hours) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
mean daily duration | 1.2 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 5.1 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 3.4 |
greatest daily duration | 7.5 | 9.2 | 11.1 | 14.1 | 15.5 | 16.2 | 16.1 | 14.8 | 11.9 | 9.4 | 7.6 | 6.7 | 16.2 |
mean no. of days with no sun | 11 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 67 |
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RAINFALL (mm) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
mean monthly total | 114.4 | 76.3 | 85.9 | 58.4 | 59.2 | 64.4 | 72.4 | 91.3 | 102.1 | 118.0 | 114.9 | 103.2 | 1060.6 |
greatest daily total | 36.9 | 24.1 | 26.3 | 36.1 | 29.8 | 32.5 | 26.2 | 41.5 | 53.5 | 63.2 | 56.1 | 33.5 | 63.2 |
mean no. of days with >= 0.2mm | 22 | 17 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 237 |
mean no. of days with >= 1.0mm | 19 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 182 |
mean no. of days with >= 5.0mm | 9 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 76 |
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WIND (knots) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
mean monthly speed | 19.0 | 18.4 | 17.9 | 15.1 | 14.2 | 13.2 | 13.2 | 13.2 | 15.7 | 17.5 | 18.3 | 19.0 | 16.3 |
max. gust | 91 | 86 | 90 | 69 | 71 | 74 | 74 | 67 | 98 | 76 | 76 | 88 | 98 |
max. mean 10-minute speed | 64 | 57 | 67 | 47 | 49 | 52 | 55 | 45 | 66 | 57 | 56 | 59 | 67 |
mean no. of days with gales | 11.2 | 8.6 | 8.0 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 3.8 | 6.7 | 8.7 | 9.7 | 66.0 |
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WEATHER (mean no. of days with...) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
snow or sleet | 6.6 | 6.0 | 4.6 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 3.9 | 25.8 |
snow lying at 0900UTC | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 3.3 |
hail | 8.6 | 5.8 | 7.9 | 4.7 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 3.1 | 7.9 | 7.3 | 48.4 |
thunder | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 5.9 |
fog | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 11.8 |