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Mullingar 1961-1990 averages | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
TEMPERATURE (degrees Celsius) | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
mean daily max. | 6.8 | 7.2 | 9.4 | 11.8 | 14.7 | 17.5 | 19.0 | 18.6 | 16.4 | 13.2 | 9.1 | 7.5 | 12.6 |
mean daily min. | 1.2 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 5.6 | 8.5 | 10.3 | 9.8 | 8.1 | 6.1 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 5.1 |
mean | 4.0 | 4.2 | 5.7 | 7.5 | 10.1 | 13.0 | 14.7 | 14.2 | 12.3 | 9.7 | 5.9 | 4.8 | 8.8 |
absolute max. | 13.3 | 14.7 | 20.1 | 22.6 | 25.0 | 28.8 | 29.7 | 28.9 | 24.4 | 21.6 | 17.3 | 14.6 | 29.7 |
absolute min. | -14.9 | -8.7 | -8.4 | -3.9 | -2.6 | 0.7 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 0.0 | -4.2 | -6.9 | -12.4 | -14.9 |
mean no. of days with air frost | 10.6 | 9.1 | 8.0 | 3.7 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 7.2 | 9.5 | 50.0 |
mean no. of days with ground frost | 17.5 | 15.6 | 14.2 | 10.8 | 4.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 4.6 | 13.2 | 15.0 | 97.2 |
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RELATIVE HUMIDITY (%) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
mean at 0900UTC | 92 | 90 | 89 | 83 | 79 | 80 | 82 | 85 | 88 | 91 | 92 | 92 | 87 |
mean at 1500UTC | 85 | 79 | 73 | 68 | 68 | 70 | 70 | 72 | 74 | 79 | 83 | 86 | 76 |
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SUNSHINE (hours) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
mean daily duration | 1.73 | 2.31 | 3.30 | 4.83 | 5.56 | 5.17 | 4.57 | 4.39 | 3.70 | 2.74 | 2.18 | 1.53 | 3.50 |
greatest daily duration | 8.1 | 9.5 | 11.8 | 13.9 | 15.5 | 16.0 | 15.6 | 14.4 | 11.7 | 10.0 | 8.9 | 7.0 | 16.0 |
mean no. of days with no sun | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 66 |
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RAINFALL (mm) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
mean monthly total | 93.1 | 66.3 | 72.3 | 59.1 | 72.4 | 66.2 | 61.8 | 81.2 | 85.9 | 94.0 | 88.2 | 93.8 | 934.3 |
greatest daily total | 31.0 | 38.7 | 29.5 | 21.6 | 42.2 | 26.2 | 69.8 | 49.9 | 42.2 | 60.2 | 48.6 | 54.1 | 69.8 |
mean no. of days with >= 0.2mm | 20 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 214 |
mean no. of days with >= 1.0mm | 16 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 157 |
mean no. of days with >= 5.0mm | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 65 |
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WIND (knots) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
mean monthly speed | 9.7 | 9.7 | 10.0 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 9.3 | 8.5 |
max. gust | 76 | 71 | 64 | 60 | 58 | 52 | 48 | 57 | 79 | 67 | 59 | 68 | 79 |
max. mean 10-minute speed | 45 | 41 | 42 | 37 | 36 | 35 | 28 | 34 | 45 | 45 | 39 | 45 | 45 |
mean no. of days with gales | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 2.5 |
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WEATHER (mean no. of days with...) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
snow or sleet | 6.4 | 5.7 | 4.4 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 3.6 | 23.5 |
snow lying at 0900UTC | 3.9 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 8.4 |
hail | 0.7 | 1.0 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 12.1 |
thunder | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 5.3 |
fog | 6.0 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 5.3 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 52.6 |