Afternoon conditions & temperatures at Kilkenny Monday May 11th:
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There will be a gradual change to more unsettled conditions this week - but rainfall totals will still be small. There'll be a little bit of patchy rain first thing on Monday but it will brighten up in the afternoon. Fair on Tuesday. Wednesday will be a cool day with one or two blustery showers possible, fed in on a cold northerly wind. A band of light rain will move in from the west during Thursday and this will slowly die out overnight. Sunshine and a light shower for Friday. Fair weather on Saturday but on Sunday winds will turn to the south west bringing a change to more unsettled conditions to end the week and start of next week.
Current Conditions
How is this month shaping up?
• The mean temperature was 1°above normal for the first week.
• Rainfall was below normal.
• Rainfall for the year so far is near normal.
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Month Temperature and Rainfall Readings for Kilkenny |
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| May 2026 | 1st to 7th | 1st to 14th | 1st to 21st | 1st to End | Month Highest | Month Lowest |
| Mean Air Temp. (in ° C) |
11.7 |
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17.4 on May 1st | 2.7 on May 8th |
| Departure from 1991-2020 |
+1.0 |
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Rainfall (in mm) |
6.8 |
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6.6 on May 2nd | - |
| Percent of normal 1991-2020 |
53 |
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| Extremes of Air Temperature so far this year : | 20.8 on Apr 25th |
-4.8 on Jan 6th | ||||
| Total Rainfall so far this year : | 294.8mm | 104% 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.