Afternoon conditions & temperatures at Kilkenny Monday Apr 6th:
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A nice touch of spring this week with very little rain. Monday will be cloudy at first but then some sunshine coming through later. Cloud and some sunshine on Tuesday and becoming quite warm for the time of year. A lot of cloud on Wednesday with a few sunny breaks but still quite warm. It will turn fresher on Thursday with just one or two April showers. On Friday rain will spread up from the southwest. Sunshine and showers on Saturday with the showers becoming more prolonged in the afternoon. Less showers on Sunday with some sunshine. Still unsettled for much of next week but there is some signs of it settling down at the weekend.
Current Conditions
How is this month shaping up?
• The mean temperature is 1°above normal.
• Rainfall is less than half the normal for the first week.
• Rainfall for the year so far is still above normal.
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Month Temperature and Rainfall Readings for Kilkenny |
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| 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 |
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18.0 on Apr 8th | 0.0 on Apr 2nd |
| Departure from 1991-2020 |
+1.0 |
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Rainfall (in mm) |
5.5 |
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2.7 on Apr 2nd | - |
| Percent of normal 1991-2020 |
40 |
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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 : | 253.6mm | 113% 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.