Photo: Richard Fensome · CC BY-SA 2.0Few Irish towns get more rain than Baile Mhic Íre: 1,875 mm a year
The depth of winter brings overnight lows near 2.8°C. In July, afternoons here are cooler than in 92% of Irish towns. Since 1981–2010, the year has warmed by 0.2°C, most of all in April. For walks and days out, the stretch from June to September brings highs of 17–19°C.
Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages for the town’s own square kilometre.
A year in Baile Mhic Íre at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Baile Mhic Íre’s climate
Compared with Irish towns, with its place among towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ in County Cork beside it.
What a year in Baile Mhic Íre feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Met Éireann’s 1991–2020 averages.
About 1,875 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and June the driest. The wettest of 55 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ in County Cork. The wettest month brings about 2.3 times the rain of the driest.
Rain by month
Millimetres
Living with Baile Mhic Íre’s climate
What the averages mean for a garden, a free afternoon and a bad-weather day.
Highs of 17–27°C with lows of 8°C or more: Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Averages smooth over storms, floods and heatwaves; Baile Mhic Íre’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →Met Éireann’s nearest station: Cork Airport
Cork Airport is 48 km east of Baile Mhic Íre, the nearest of the 25 synoptic stations where Met Éireann records the weather around the clock. The station stands 155 m above sea level; Baile Mhic Íre’s centre, 123 m.
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Air frosts | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.3°C | 3.3°C | 131 mm | 3.4 | 61 |
| February | 8.6°C | 3.1°C | 99 mm | 3.4 | 74 |
| March | 9.9°C | 3.7°C | 91 mm | 2.3 | 111 |
| April | 12.0°C | 5.1°C | 87 mm | 0.9 | 160 |
| May | 14.6°C | 7.4°C | 80 mm | 0.0 | 191 |
| June | 17.1°C | 9.9°C | 83 mm | 0.0 | 184 |
| July | 18.6°C | 11.6°C | 86 mm | 0.0 | 164 |
| August | 18.5°C | 11.5°C | 96 mm | 0.0 | 158 |
| September | 16.6°C | 10.0°C | 91 mm | 0.0 | 129 |
| October | 13.4°C | 7.7°C | 132 mm | 0.2 | 99 |
| November | 10.4°C | 5.2°C | 127 mm | 0.9 | 75 |
| December | 8.7°C | 3.8°C | 136 mm | 2.8 | 55 |
| Year | 13.1°C | 6.9°C | 1,240 mm | 14 | 1,461 |
The table is Cork Airport’s own record, averaged over 1991–2020 from its daily readings (ours, not a Met Éireann table). The rest of the page is Met Éireann’s 1 km grid at Baile Mhic Íre itself: past 40 km, the station’s frosts and sunshine don’t stand for the town.
How Baile Mhic Íre compares
Against the 321 Irish towns and city neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, each read from Met Éireann’s grid at its own centre, and its place among towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ in County Cork.
Warmer than it used to be
Baile Mhic Íre’s 1991–2020 average is 0.2°C warmer than 1981–2010’s. The biggest change is in April (+0.4°C).
A year’s rain is 1,875 mm, up 2% from 1,836 mm.
Change by month
The two periods share 1991–2010, so the gap is a decade’s step, not the change between two separate 30-year periods.
Baile Mhic Íre and its neighbours
Macroom has the warmest July afternoons (19.7°C, 0.5°C warmer). Choose a measure to recolour the map; tap a town for its climate.
The towns next door, side by side
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 19 km: a hill, a valley or the sea can make a real difference over a short distance.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baile Mhic Íre | 19.2°C | 2.8°C | 1,875 mm |
| Macroom 14 km | 19.7°C 0.5°C warmer | 3.1°C about the same | 1,367 mm |
| Millstreet 15 km | 19.4°C about the same | 2.7°C about the same | 1,479 mm |
Each town’s colour is Met Éireann’s 1 km grid at its own centre, so towns a few kilometres apart can differ.
Baile Mhic Íre weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, for the town itself (Met Éireann’s 1 km grid).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.7°C | 2.8°C | 5.7°C | 226 mm |
| February | 9.2°C | 2.7°C | 6.0°C | 172 mm |
| March | 10.7°C | 3.4°C | 7.0°C | 144 mm |
| April | 13.1°C | 4.6°C | 8.8°C | 127 mm |
| May | 15.7°C | 7.0°C | 11.4°C | 109 mm |
| June | 18.0°C | 9.6°C | 13.8°C | 102 mm |
| July | 19.2°C | 11.4°C | 15.3°C | 111 mm |
| August | 19.1°C | 11.2°C | 15.1°C | 122 mm |
| September | 17.3°C | 9.5°C | 13.4°C | 130 mm |
| October | 14.0°C | 7.1°C | 10.5°C | 190 mm |
| November | 10.9°C | 4.7°C | 7.8°C | 211 mm |
| December | 9.1°C | 3.2°C | 6.1°C | 233 mm |
| Year | 13.8°C | 6.4°C | 10.1°C | 1,875 mm |
Where Baile Mhic Íre’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature and rain: Met Éireann’s 1991–2020 averages on its 1 km grid (Climatological Notes 22 and 23), read at the grid point nearest Baile Mhic Íre’s population centre (0.5 km away).
- Weather station: the nearest of Met Éireann’s 25 synoptic stations, Cork Airport, 48 km east, from Met Éireann’s station list.
- Frosts and degree days: Cork Airport’s daily readings, 1991–2020, in the station table only: past 40 km they don’t stand for the town.
- Then and now: Met Éireann’s 1981–2010 averages on the same 1 km grid, at the same point.
- Altitudes: the town’s ground from the Copernicus GLO-30 surface model (a few metres high in built-up places), the station’s from Met Éireann.
- Comparisons: every Irish town and city neighbourhood of 2,500 or more, read the same way; the five city totals are left out.
- Not on this page: sunshine, frost days, warm days, snow and wind. Met Éireann publishes no 1991–2020 grid for them, only tables for its stations, so no town has a figure of its own.
Met Éireann 30-year averages · Met Éireann open data. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Questions about Baile Mhic Íre’s climate
How warm does Baile Mhic Íre get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 19.2°C.
How cold does Baile Mhic Íre get in winter?
The coldest nights come in February, averaging 2.7°C. Met Éireann counts frosts only at its weather stations, so there is no frost count for the town itself.
How much rain does Baile Mhic Íre get?
About 1,875 mm a year, more than almost every Irish town. December is the wettest month (233 mm) and June the driest (102 mm).
How sunny is it?
Met Éireann publishes its 1991–2020 sunshine averages for its weather stations only, not on the 1 km grid this page reads, so there is no sunshine figure for Baile Mhic Íre itself. Its nearest synoptic station is Cork Airport.
Are these figures for Baile Mhic Íre itself?
Yes: they are Met Éireann’s 1991–2020 averages on its 1 km grid, read at Baile Mhic Íre’s population centre. The nearest of its synoptic weather stations, Cork Airport, is 48 km east.
Where do these figures come from?
Met Éireann’s 1991–2020 climate averages, published as maps of Ireland in 1 km squares (Climatological Notes 22 and 23); the page reads the square at Baile Mhic Íre’s population centre. They are 30-year averages, not a forecast.
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