| Shannon Airport 1991–2020 averages | |||||||||||||
| TEMPERATURE (degrees Celsius) | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| mean daily max | 8.9 | 9.4 | 10.9 | 13.4 | 16 | 18.3 | 19.5 | 19.1 | 17.5 | 14.2 | 11.1 | 9.2 | 14 |
| mean daily min | 3.3 | 3.3 | 4 | 5.8 | 8.1 | 10.8 | 12.6 | 12.4 | 10.7 | 8.1 | 5.5 | 3.7 | 7.4 |
| mean temperature | 6.1 | 6.3 | 7.5 | 9.6 | 12 | 14.5 | 16 | 15.8 | 14.1 | 11.2 | 8.3 | 6.4 | 10.7 |
| absolute max. | 14.7 | 15.5 | 19.6 | 23 | 27.8 | 32 | 30.2 | 29.2 | 25.6 | 21.9 | 17.2 | 15.4 | 32 |
| min. maximum | -2.4 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 5.5 | 7.5 | 12.2 | 13.4 | 14.3 | 10.7 | 7 | 0.8 | -6 | -6 |
| max. minimum | 11.5 | 12.2 | 11.7 | 13 | 14.4 | 17.8 | 18 | 18.6 | 17.5 | 16.2 | 13.3 | 12.6 | 18.6 |
| absolute min. | -11.2 | -5.1 | -5.8 | -2.9 | 0.1 | 3.1 | 6.2 | 4.4 | 1.7 | -2.3 | -6.6 | -11.4 | -11.4 |
| mean num. of days with air frost | 5.2 | 4.6 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 4.4 | 20.3 |
| mean num. of days with ground frost | 13 | 11.8 | 11.9 | 7.7 | 2.9 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 3.3 | 8 | 11.3 | 70.9 |
| mean 5cm soil | 5 | 5.1 | 6.6 | 9.4 | 12.9 | 16 | 17.2 | 16.5 | 14.2 | 10.7 | 7.7 | 5.6 | 10.6 |
| mean 10cm soil | 5.1 | 5.2 | 6.4 | 9 | 12.3 | 15.2 | 16.6 | 16.1 | 14 | 10.8 | 7.9 | 5.8 | 10.4 |
| mean 20cm soil | 5.8 | 5.9 | 7.1 | 9.5 | 12.5 | 15.3 | 16.7 | 16.5 | 14.7 | 11.7 | 8.7 | 6.6 | 10.9 |
| RELATIVE HUMIDITY (%) | |||||||||||||
| mean at 0900UTC | 87.8 | 87.9 | 85 | 79.3 | 76.2 | 76.6 | 80 | 82.3 | 85.1 | 87.4 | 89.9 | 88.9 | 83.9 |
| mean at 1500UTC | 81.2 | 75.4 | 69.8 | 64.1 | 63.5 | 64.6 | 69.3 | 69.1 | 70 | 75 | 81 | 83.5 | 72.2 |
| SUNSHINE (hours) | |||||||||||||
| mean daily duration | 1.7 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 3.7 |
| greatest daily duration | 8.1 | 10.2 | 11.5 | 13.6 | 15.6 | 15.8 | 15.7 | 14.4 | 12.2 | 10.1 | 8.3 | 7.1 | 15.8 |
| mean num. of days with no sun | 9.1 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 5.1 | 7.7 | 10.1 | 56 |
| RAINFALL (mm) | |||||||||||||
| mean monthly total | 103.8 | 86.7 | 75.8 | 62.3 | 63.1 | 69.6 | 75.8 | 87.6 | 77.4 | 95.5 | 106.6 | 115.4 | 1019.7 |
| greatest daily total | 38.2 | 33.8 | 34.8 | 40.2 | 25.0 | 45.3 | 39.5 | 51.0 | 52.3 | 36.9 | 29.4 | 33.5 | 52.3 |
| mean num. of days with >= 0.2mm | 21.3 | 18.3 | 18 | 16.2 | 16.2 | 15.5 | 18.3 | 19 | 17.7 | 19.9 | 21.6 | 21 | 223 |
| mean num. of days with >= 1.0mm | 16.9 | 13.9 | 13.4 | 11.4 | 12.1 | 11.3 | 13.5 | 13.7 | 12.9 | 15.4 | 16.8 | 17.2 | 168.5 |
| mean num. of days with >= 5.0mm | 7.8 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 7 | 8 | 8.5 | 72.2 |
| WIND (knots) | |||||||||||||
| mean monthly speed | 10 | 10.1 | 9.6 | 9.2 | 9 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.9 | 9.1 | 9.7 | 9.1 |
| max. gust | 75 | 86 | 63 | 66 | 52 | 51 | 52 | 61 | 58 | 66 | 69 | 83 | 86 |
| max. mean 10-minute speed | 47 | 61 | 44 | 45 | 37 | 37 | 38 | 44 | 44 | 47 | 50 | 57 | 61 |
| mean num. of days with gales | 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 7.5 |
| WEATHER (mean no. of days with..) | |||||||||||||
| snow or sleet | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1 | 5.9 |
| snow lying at 0900UTC | 0.2 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.5 |
| hail | 3.1 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1 | 2.3 | 16 |
| thunder | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 5.2 |
| fog | 3.4 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 4 | 3.8 | 28.3 |