Afternoon conditions & temperatures at Kilkenny from Monday Apr 22nd:

Mon. 
Tue.
Wed.
Thu.
Fri.
Sat.
Sun
Next Wk.
16° 14°  14°  11° 12° 11° 12° 13°

The fine dry weather will continue for much of this week but it will turn a little cooler. High pressure will slip away towards the weekend with some showers coming through on Sunday. Monday will be fine and dry and quite warm. A little cooler on Tuesday with some nice sunshine. Similar on Wednesday. Noticeably cooler on Thursday with a lot of cloud but holding dry. A cool start on Friday will be followed by a clam day with some sunny spells. Some sunny spells on Saturday too. Some showers are expected to move in from the west on Sunday and next week will see some more showery weather to see the month out. 

09:05 Kilkenny Ireland (52.65°N 7.25°W 50m ASL)   Saturday 27th of April 2024
Temperature 5.2 °C Wind Direction N
Humidity 85 % Wind Average 10.4 km/h
Air Pressure 1006.0 hPa Wind Gust 14.8 km/h
Grass Temp. 5.3 °C Wind Chill Temp 4.6 °C
Soil Temp (10cm) 10.0 °C Rain Rate 0.0 mm/hr 

Weather Today (Since Midnight) Weather so far this month
Max Temperature 4.6 °C at 08:49 Max Temperature 18.0  °C on 21/04/2024 at 15:56
Min Temperature 0.7 °C at 03:23 Min Temperature 0.7 °C on 27/04/2024 at 03:23
Max Wind Gust 19.1 km/h at 07:44 NNW Max Wind Gust 92.6 km/h on 06/04/2024 at 09:05 SSE
Total Rainfall 0.0 mm Total Rainfall 62.1 mm
Min Grass Temp. -5.1 °C at 03:52 Min Grass Temp. -5.1  °C on 27/04/2024
Mean Soil Temp. 11.1 °C Mean Soil Temp. 11.9 °C

Weather so far this Year Sun and Moon Almanac
Max Temperature 18.0  °C on 21/04/2024 at 15:56 Sunrise: 06:04
Min Temperature -7.4 °C on 19/01/2024 at 08:26 Sunset: 20:50
Max Wind Gust 92.5 km/h on 06/04/2024 at 09:05 Moonrise: 00:29
Total Rainfall 301.5 mm Moonset: 07:08
Min Grass Temp. -12.5  °C on 18/01/2024 Visible Moon (%): 88.8  %

Recent timelapse from webcam


How is this month shaping up?

• Mean temperature is still well above normal after 3 weeks 
• Rainfall is also above normal, but not as extreme now.
• Rainfall for the year is well above normal .
 

Month Temperature and Rainfall Readings for Kilkenny

April 2024 1st to 7th 1st  to 14th 1st to 21st 1st to End Month Highest Month Lowest
Mean Air Temp.  (in ° C) 10.9  10.9 10.5     18.2 on   Apr 21st 1.9 on  Apr 21st
Departure from 1991-2020 +2.6 +2.4  +1.8    - -

Rainfall (in mm)

33.7

 59.9

60.9 

 

  16.9 on  Apr 8th -
Percent of normal 1991-2020

 244

 217

147 

 

-

-

Extremes of Air Temperature so far this year :
18.2 on  Apr 21st 
-7.5 on Jan 19th
Total Rainfall so far this year :  316.2mm 
126% of normal
Wettest day of the year so far :  18.0mm 
on Mar 13th 
16.9mm
 on Apr 8th

 

Note : The data shown in the table above is the official climate data submitted to Met Eireann (Climate Station No. 456). The temperatures are from calibrated liquid-in-glass thermometers and rainfall is from a standard 5" copper gauge. The temperatures are not calculated/based on a 00-24 hour day. For the minimum temperatures, the month begins at 9 UTC on the last day of the preceding month and ends at 9 UTC on the last day of the month. For the maximum temperatures and rainfall readings, the month is taken as beginning at 9 UTC on the 1st and ending at 9 UTC on the 1st of the next month.