August 2026

Looking down on sunny Kilkenny City from Hillcrest on the Dunningstown Road on August 8th. Up to the 24th the month was very warm and dry but the last week was wet.

August Weather Summary:

The mean temperature of 16.8° was a degree above normal but not quite as warm as the previous year because the nights were cooler. The hottest day was 12th with a max of 30.3° and the coolest day was 24th with a min of 4.4°. There were four nights with ground frost. 

The rainfall total of 71.5mm was around normal. But it didnt look that way for much of the month with only 9.9mm up to the 24th and with the very low total in July everywhere was parched dry. The wettest day was 27th with a welcome 22.8mm. It ended up our wettest August in 3 years. 

July 2026

Another blistering hot day on July 10th at the new walkway underneath Green's Bridge connecting to the new boardwalk in the Linear Park. This day the temperature reached 30.0°. It ended up being warmest  and driest July on record.

July Weather Summary:

The mean temperature of 18.8° made it our second warmest month on record (just behind August 1995). From July 6th to July 19th there were 14 days above 25° C. The coolest night was 33rd with 7.7°.

Rainfall was very sparse. Only 2 days with measurable rain and the total for the month was only 2.8m. Wettest day was 29th with 2.4mm. This was our 4th driest month on record. Top wind gust was 47 km/hr on 26th. 

June 2026

Annie's thatched cottage, Ballyline on a sunny Friday 26th June. The day previously it reached 31.6°. This was the highest temperature recorded in Kilkenny since 1887. The first part of the month was wetter and a little cooler but it finished up a warm month with heatwave conditions persisting from 22nd to 26th June. 

June Weather Summary:

It was a another warm month with near normal temperatures. The mean temperature was 16.3°, a full 2 degrees above normal. This was our third warmest June since continuous records began in 1957. The  coolest temperature was 5.5° recorded on the 8th. There were 2 days with a ground frost early in the month.

Rainfall total of 63.4mm was close to normal. It was our wettest June in 3 years. Wettest day was 7th with 15.9mm. Top wind gust was 52 km/hr on the 3rd. 

May 2026

The blistering sun shining down on our weather station by the banks of the Nore on May 25th. On the follwing day the temperature rose to a new May record of 30.8°. This was the first time ever a temperature of 30° or more was reached in Ireland. 

May Weather Summary:

It was a warm and dry month. The month started quite cool for the first half and then followed by an exceptionally warm final week. The overall mean temperaure was 13.1° and this was the 5th May in a row with a mean of 13° or more. The coolest night was on the 8th when it dipped to 2.7°. 

Rainfall was mediocre with a total of only 30.1mm (53% of normal). The wettest day was the 17th with 8.2mm. Thunder was heard on the 27th - the day after the hottest day but there was little or no rainfall with it. The top gust of 61 km/hr was recorded on the 13th. 

April 2026

The morning sun is shining brightly on Knocktopher Abbey on April 23rd. There was plenty of sunshine during the month and temperatures weren't bad either.

April Weather Summary:

Overall it was a warm and quite dry. It was our third April in a row where the mean temperature was 10° or above. The highest temperature was 20.8° recorded on the 25th and the lowest was -1.0° on the 13th. 

The rainfall total of 39.9mm was just two thirds the normal. Wettest day the 10th with 9.9mm of rain. It was our driest April in 5 years. Storm Dave struck on the 4th when a gust of 82 km/hr was recorded. 

March 2026

Sun dogs beside the setting sun over the Kell's Road, Kilkenny on a beautiful March 19th. The temperature reached 19.4° which was our warmest day of the month.

March Weather Summary:

It was a mild and slightly drier month than normal. There were many pleasant days but the nights were still cool with a total of 8 air frosts but none of them were severe. 

Rainfall was a little below normal and our wettest and windiest day was on the 12th with 9.9mm of rain and a gust of 81 km/hr. 

February 2026

V is for Valentine. A pair of robins perched on a frosty Valentine's Day morning. Overall it was another mild February and this was the coldest morning of the month when it dipped to -4.5°. 

February Weather Summary:

It was a mild month and the overall rainfall was surprisingly below normal. Rain fell almost every day but the daily amounts were small. The wettest day was the 5th with only 5.9mm of rainfall. In all 55.8mm fell but this was just 87% of the normal February total. 

It was a mild month with a mean temperature of 7.4° almost 2° above normal. The warmest temperature of 14.3° was recorded on both the 22nd and 25th. There were 6 days with air frost but this is about 3 days less than the climate average. 

January 2026

There was quite extensive flooding at the end of the month, like this at the Bleach Road north of the City on Janaury 30th. The first half of the month was actually quite dry with only 61% of the normal rainfall but after the 18th it turned very wet with just over 80mm recorded from the 23rd to the 30th.  

January Weather Summary:

The total rainfall for the month was 141.0mm. This was 170% of the normal ana was our wettest January since 2014.  

The mean temperature of 4.2° made it a cool month, 1 degree below normal. Warmest day was 11th with 12.2° and our coldest night was 6th when it dipped to -4.8°. Before the wet end to the month there were quite a few air frosts. 16 in total. Snowfall was largely absent - just a light flurry observed late on the 4th. The top wind gust was 63 km/hr on the 11th.