Afternoon conditions & temperatures at Kilkenny Monday Apr 13th:

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

Unsettled for much of the week but with a temporary improvement towards the weekend. There will be a touch of frost first thing Monday followed by a day of sunshine and chance of an April shower. Rain will spread up from the south giving a cloudy day for Tuesday with some outbreaks of light rain. Some sunshine and also some showers on Wednesday and some of these will be heavy. Fair on Thursday but rain will return later in the afternoon and evening. Sunshine and showers for Friday. An improving day on Saturday as a ridge of high pressure tries to build keeping it fair. Fair also for much of Sunday and some dry weather is expected for next week.

Current Conditions


How is this month shaping up?

• The mean temperaturis now near normal.
• Rainfall is also near normal.
• Rainfall for the year so far is still above normal.
 

Month Temperature and Rainfall Readings for Kilkenny

April 2026 1st to 7th 1st to 14th 1st to 21st 1st to End Month Highest Month Lowest
Mean Air Temp.  (in ° C)

9.3

8.9 

 

 

 18.0 on   Apr 8th  -1.0 on   Apr 13th
Departure from 1991-2020

+1.0

+0.4 

 

 

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Rainfall (in mm)

5.5

 24.7 

 

 

 9.9 on  Apr 10th -
Percent of normal 1991-2020

40 

 89

 

 

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Extremes of Air Temperature so far this year :
19.4 on   Mar 19th 
-4.8 on  Jan 6th
Total Rainfall so far this year : 272.8mm 
 115% of normal
Wettest day of the year so far : 18.8mm
 on Jan  26th 
17.9mm
 on Jan 29th 

 

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.