Climate and average weather in Carrigaline

Carrigaline gets about 936 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 4.6 months, from around Oct 4 to Feb 19, peaking in January at about 50% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Aug 31.

October is the wettest month by volume, with 101 mm over about 14 wet days; May is the driest, with 63 mm.

Over a full year, Carrigaline collects about 936 mm of rain across 146 wet days — roughly 78 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. October is the wettest month with 101 mm, while May is the driest at just 63 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 32% of the year’s total.

In Carrigaline, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows mild seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around March 24 and lasts for 2.5 months, ending around June 8. The clearest month is November, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 32% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around June 9 and lasts for 3.8 months, ending around October 2. The cloudiest month is July, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 77% of the time.

Carrigaline averages about 4 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 2 and 5 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 3.4 months, from around Oct 13 to Jan 23. The sunniest month is November, with roughly 5 sunny days (gloomy).

The greyest month is August, down near 2 sunny days — about 51% fewer than the November peak.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Carrigaline, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in August, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 7% of the time — humidity is not something you need to plan around here.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Carrigaline is typically light breeze, near 19 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 5.5 months, from around Oct 9 to Mar 25. The windiest month is January, averaging about 22 km/h (breezy).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Mar 26 to Oct 8, with July the calmest month at about 16 km/h.