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Cork Aiport 1981–2010 averages
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TEMPERATURE (degrees Celsius) | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
mean daily max | 8.2 | 8.3 | 9.9 | 11.8 | 14.4 | 17.0 | 18.7 | 18.5 | 16.5 | 13.2 | 10.3 | 8.5 | 12.9 |
mean daily min | 3.0 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 7.4 | 10.0 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 10.2 | 7.7 | 5.2 | 3.7 | 6.9 |
mean temperature | 5.6 | 5.7 | 6.9 | 8.4 | 10.9 | 13.5 | 15.3 | 15.2 | 13.3 | 10.5 | 7.8 | 6.1 | 9.9 |
absolute max. | 16.1 | 14.0 | 15.7 | 21.2 | 23.6 | 27.5 | 28.7 | 28.0 | 24.7 | 21.4 | 16.2 | 13.8 | 28.7 |
min. maximum | -4.3 | -1.6 | 1.4 | 5.0 | 7.6 | 10.7 | 12.8 | 11.9 | 10.4 | 6.0 | 0.6 | -3.2 | -4.3 |
max. minimum | 10.6 | 10.6 | 10.9 | 11.4 | 15.1 | 16.2 | 19.0 | 18.4 | 17.3 | 15.4 | 12.8 | 11.6 | 19.0 |
absolute min. | -8.0 | -4.7 | -4.3 | -2.3 | -0.9 | 3.7 | 6.7 | 5.3 | 2.3 | -0.9 | -3.3 | -7.2 | -8.0 |
mean num. of days with air frost | 4.6 | 4.1 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 3.6 | 16.7 |
mean num. of days with ground frost | 12.8 | 11.8 | 9.7 | 7.8 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 7.3 | 11.0 | 65.3 |
mean 5cm soil | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5.9 | 8.3 | 12.0 | 15.0 | 16.4 | 15.7 | 13.1 | 9.8 | 6.8 | 5.2 | 9.8 |
mean 10cm soil | 4.8 | 4.8 | 5.9 | 7.9 | 11.3 | 14.1 | 15.7 | 15.2 | 13.0 | 10.0 | 7.2 | 5.6 | 9.6 |
mean 20cm soil | 5.5 | 5.5 | 6.6 | 8.5 | 11.5 | 14.2 | 15.8 | 15.7 | 13.9 | 11.0 | 8.1 | 6.3 | 10.2 |
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (%) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
mean at 0900UTC | 89.8 | 89.4 | 87.8 | 83.1 | 80.6 | 81.3 | 83.2 | 85.4 | 88.4 | 90.1 | 90.7 | 90.5 | 86.7 |
mean at 1500UTC | 83.7 | 78.9 | 75.5 | 71.3 | 70.9 | 71.5 | 72.9 | 72.8 | 75.4 | 80.4 | 83.4 | 85.4 | 76.8 |
SUNSHINE (hours) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
mean daily duration | 1.8 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 5.3 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 3.9 |
greatest daily duration | 8.5 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 13.6 | 15.5 | 16.0 | 15.3 | 14.4 | 11.9 | 10.3 | 8.7 | 7.6 | 16.0 |
mean no. of days with no sun | 10.1 | 7.9 | 6.3 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 6.4 | 8.6 | 11.9 | 67.1 |
RAINFALL (mm) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
mean monthly total | 131.4 | 97.8 | 97.6 | 76.5 | 82.3 | 80.9 | 78.8 | 96.8 | 94.6 | 138.2 | 120.0 | 133.1 | 1227.9 |
greatest daily total | 45.7 | 49.9 | 55.2 | 34.2 | 34.9 | 59.7 | 73.2 | 60.9 | 58.9 | 52.1 | 47.9 | 41.9 | 73.2 |
mean num. of days with >= 0.2mm | 20 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 204 |
mean num. of days with >= 1.0mm | 16 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 152 |
mean num. of days with >= 5.0mm | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 73 |
WIND (knots) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
mean monthly speed | 12.1 | 12.0 | 11.6 | 10.3 | 10.1 | 9.4 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.4 | 10.7 | 10.9 | 11.6 | 10.5 |
max. gust | 78 | 83 | 70 | 62 | 59 | 49 | 57 | 54 | 58 | 75 | 66 | 80 | 65.9 |
max. mean 10-minute speed | 52 | 54 | 43 | 40 | 40 | 33 | 40 | 38 | 39 | 48 | 46 | 56 | 44.1 |
mean num. of days with gales | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 10.8 |
WEATHER (mean no. of days with..) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
snow or sleet | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 11.3 |
snow lying at 0900UTC | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 2.0 |
hail | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 7.4 |
thunder | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 3.3 |
fog | 7.8 | 6.8 | 8.5 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 8.7 | 7.6 | 8.4 | 96.8 |