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Cork Airport 1971–2000 averages
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TEMPERATURE (degrees Celsius) | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
mean daily max | 8.0 | 8.2 | 9.6 | 11.5 | 14.1 | 16.6 | 18.7 | 18.5 | 16.2 | 13.0 | 10.2 | 8.7 | 12.8 |
mean daily min | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 7.0 | 9.6 | 11.7 | 11.6 | 9.9 | 7.6 | 5.0 | 3.9 | 6.7 |
mean temperature | 5.4 | 5.6 | 6.7 | 8.1 | 10.5 | 13.1 | 15.2 | 15.0 | 13.0 | 10.3 | 7.6 | 6.3 | 9.7 |
absolute max. | 13.0 | 14.0 | 15.7 | 21.2 | 23.6 | 27.5 | 28.7 | 28.0 | 24.7 | 21.4 | 16.2 | 13.6 | 28.7 |
min. maximum | -4.3 | -1.6 | 1.2 | 5.0 | 7.6 | 10.7 | 12.8 | 11.9 | 9.9 | 7.4 | 3.6 | -1.8 | -4.3 |
max. minimum | 10.6 | 10.1 | 10.9 | 11.4 | 15.1 | 16.2 | 19.0 | 18.4 | 17.3 | 14.9 | 12.8 | 11.6 | 19.0 |
absolute min. | -8.5 | -6.1 | -4.3 | -2.4 | -0.9 | 3.4 | 6.6 | 5.3 | 2.3 | -0.9 | -3.3 | -4.8 | -8.5 |
mean num. of days with air frost | 5.4 | 3.9 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 3.5 | 18.7 |
mean num. of days with ground frost | 13.6 | 11.5 | 10.7 | 9.2 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 8.1 | 11.3 | 70.8 |
mean 5cm soil | 4.3 | 4.1 | 5.2 | 7.3 | 10.7 | 13.9 | 15.5 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 9.9 | 6.6 | 5.3 | 9.2 |
mean 10cm soil | 4.5 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 7.3 | 10.5 | 13.6 | 15.3 | 14.7 | 12.7 | 10.1 | 6.9 | 5.6 | 9.2 |
mean 20cm soil | 5.1 | 5.0 | 6.1 | 8.0 | 10.8 | 13.8 | 15.6 | 15.2 | 13.5 | 11.0 | 7.8 | 6.2 | 9.8 |
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (%) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
mean at 0900UTC | 89.4 | 90.0 | 87.6 | 82.8 | 80.9 | 81.5 | 83.3 | 85.6 | 88.3 | 89.8 | 90.1 | 90.3 | 86.6 |
mean at 1500UTC | 83.8 | 80.4 | 75.0 | 70.6 | 70.7 | 71.4 | 72.5 | 72.9 | 75.4 | 80.2 | 83.3 | 85.8 | 76.8 |
SUNSHINE (hours) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
mean daily duration | 1.7 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 5.1 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 3.7 |
greatest daily duration | 7.6 | 9.4 | 11.5 | 13.6 | 15.4 | 15.9 | 15.4 | 14.0 | 12.8 | 10.1 | 8.5 | 7.6 | 15.9 |
mean num. of days with no sun | 11.0 | 8.9 | 6.5 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 4.1 | 6.3 | 9.3 | 12.0 | 70.2 |
RAINFALL (mm) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
mean monthly total | 140.9 | 116.1 | 95.2 | 65.3 | 83.2 | 66.6 | 67.8 | 94.4 | 98.5 | 135.5 | 113.4 | 146.0 | 1222.9 |
greatest daily total | 45.7 | 49.9 | 55.2 | 45.9 | 43.4 | 59.7 | 75.5 | 60.9 | 58.9 | 62.8 | 47.1 | 50.9 | 75.5 |
mean num. of days with >= 0.2mm | 20 | 18 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 201 |
mean num. of days with >= 1.0mm | 15 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 149 |
mean num. of days with >= 5.0mm | 9 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 71 |
WIND (knots) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
mean monthly speed | 12.4 | 12.3 | 11.7 | 10.3 | 10.1 | 9.3 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 9.7 | 10.9 | 11.2 | 12.1 | 10.7 |
max. gust | 94 | 83 | 70 | 62 | 59 | 49 | 57 | 54 | 58 | 75 | 66 | 80 | 94 |
max. mean 10-minute speed | 58 | 54 | 43 | 40 | 40 | 33 | 40 | 38 | 39 | 48 | 46 | 56 | 58 |
mean num. of days with gales | 2.8 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 12.4 |
WEATHER (mean no. of days with..) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
snow or sleet | 3.9 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 13.7 |
snow lying at 0900UTC | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 3.7 |
hail | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 8.4 |
thunder | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 3.8 |
fog | 7.2 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 8.5 | 9.3 | 9.8 | 8.9 | 7.8 | 8.3 | 96.3 |