Afternoon conditions & temperatures at Kilkenny Monday Aug 31st:
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Some mixed weather this week and still quite warm. Monday will be a bright, fair day. Cloudy on Tuesday with some light rain at times. More general rain overnight. The light rain early Wednesday will clear and it will turn brighter in the afternoon. Cloudy day on Thursday with some rain in the early night. Bright and dry again on Friday and it will feel fresher. Starting fair on Saturday but it will turn wet later. Rain should clear early on Sunday to give fair weather later. Continuing mixed weather into next week.
Current Conditions
How is this month shaping up?
• The mean temperature was above normal.
• After a wet last week rainfall ended up normal.
• Rainfall for the year so far is still below normal.
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Month Temperature and Rainfall Readings for Kilkenny |
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| August 2026 | 1st to 7th | 1st to 14th | 1st to 21st | 1st to End | Month Highest | Month Lowest |
| Mean Air Temp. (in ° C) |
16.2 |
17.5 |
17.2 |
16.8 |
30.3 on Aug 12th | 4.4 on Aug 24th |
| Departure from 1991-2020 |
+0.0 |
+1.4 |
+1.3 |
+1.0 |
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Rainfall (in mm) |
7.9 |
7.9 |
9.9 |
71.5 |
22.8 on Aug 27th | - |
| Percent of normal 1991-2020 |
48 |
24 |
20 |
98 |
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| Extremes of Air Temperature so far this year : | 31.6 on Jun 25th |
-4.8 on Jan 6th | ||||
| Total Rainfall so far this year : | 455.8mm | 86% of normal | ||||
| Wettest day of the year so far : | 22.8mm | on Aug 27th | ||||
| 18.8mm | on Jan 26th | |||||
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.