Hardly any Irish towns collect more rain than Béal Átha An Ghaorthaidh: 2,109 mm a year
Midwinter brings lows of about 3.1°C. Only 16°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. Its July afternoons stay fresher than in 82% of Irish towns. Comfortable outdoor weather lasts from June to September, with highs of 18–20°C.
Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages for the town’s own square kilometre.
A year in Béal Átha An Ghaorthaidh at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Béal Átha An Ghaorthaidh’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 Béal Átha An Ghaorthaidh feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Met Éireann’s 1991–2020 averages.
About 2,109 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 2.4 times the rain of the driest.
Rain by month
Millimetres
Living with Béal Átha An Ghaorthaidh’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; Béal Átha An Ghaorthaidh’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →Met Éireann’s nearest station: Sherkin Island
Sherkin Island is 44 km south of Béal Átha An Ghaorthaidh, the nearest of the 25 synoptic stations where Met Éireann records the weather around the clock. The station stands 21 m above sea level; Béal Átha An Ghaorthaidh’s centre, 89 m.
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Air frosts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.8°C | 5.8°C | 123 mm | 0.9 |
| February | 9.5°C | 5.3°C | 81 mm | 0.9 |
| March | 10.2°C | 5.5°C | 82 mm | 0.8 |
| April | 12.1°C | 6.9°C | 64 mm | 0.1 |
| May | 13.9°C | 9.0°C | 66 mm | 0.0 |
| June | 16.5°C | 11.4°C | 73 mm | 0.0 |
| July | 17.7°C | 12.8°C | 86 mm | 0.0 |
| August | 17.5°C | 12.8°C | 90 mm | 0.0 |
| September | 16.5°C | 11.8°C | 89 mm | 0.0 |
| October | 14.3°C | 10.1°C | 106 mm | 0.0 |
| November | 11.6°C | 7.4°C | 109 mm | 0.2 |
| December | 10.3°C | 6.4°C | 127 mm | 1.1 |
| Year | 13.3°C | 8.8°C | 1,095 mm | 4 |
The table is Sherkin Island’s own record, averaged over 2004–2020 from its daily readings (ours, not a Met Éireann table). The rest of the page is Met Éireann’s 1 km grid at Béal Átha An Ghaorthaidh itself: past 40 km, the station’s frosts and sunshine don’t stand for the town.
How Béal Átha An Ghaorthaidh 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
Béal Átha An Ghaorthaidh’s 1991–2020 average is 0.3°C warmer than 1981–2010’s. The biggest change is in April (+0.4°C).
A year’s rain is 2,109 mm, up 5% from 2,012 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.
Béal Átha An Ghaorthaidh and its neighbours
Every town next door is within half a degree of Béal Átha An Ghaorthaidh in January and July. 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.
Each town’s colour is Met Éireann’s 1 km grid at its own centre, so towns a few kilometres apart can differ.
Béal Átha An Ghaorthaidh 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 | 9.1°C | 3.1°C | 6.1°C | 264 mm |
| February | 9.6°C | 3.1°C | 6.4°C | 198 mm |
| March | 11.0°C | 3.8°C | 7.4°C | 163 mm |
| April | 13.3°C | 5.1°C | 9.2°C | 140 mm |
| May | 15.9°C | 7.5°C | 11.7°C | 120 mm |
| June | 18.2°C | 10.0°C | 14.1°C | 112 mm |
| July | 19.5°C | 11.8°C | 15.7°C | 117 mm |
| August | 19.4°C | 11.6°C | 15.5°C | 129 mm |
| September | 17.6°C | 9.9°C | 13.8°C | 146 mm |
| October | 14.4°C | 7.5°C | 11.0°C | 219 mm |
| November | 11.3°C | 5.0°C | 8.2°C | 237 mm |
| December | 9.6°C | 3.7°C | 6.6°C | 265 mm |
| Year | 14.1°C | 6.8°C | 10.5°C | 2,109 mm |
Where Béal Átha An Ghaorthaidh’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 Béal Átha An Ghaorthaidh’s population centre (0.2 km away).
- Weather station: the nearest of Met Éireann’s 25 synoptic stations, Sherkin Island, 44 km south, from Met Éireann’s station list.
- Frosts and degree days: Sherkin Island’s daily readings, 2004–2020, 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 Béal Átha An Ghaorthaidh’s climate
How warm does Béal Átha An Ghaorthaidh get in summer?
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 19.5°C.
How cold does Béal Átha An Ghaorthaidh get in winter?
January nights average 3.1°C, the coldest of the year. Met Éireann counts frosts only at its weather stations, so there is no frost count for the town itself.
How much rain does Béal Átha An Ghaorthaidh get?
About 2,109 mm a year, more than almost every Irish town. December is the wettest month (265 mm) and June the driest (112 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 Béal Átha An Ghaorthaidh itself. Its nearest synoptic station is Sherkin Island.
Are these figures for Béal Átha An Ghaorthaidh itself?
Yes: they are Met Éireann’s 1991–2020 averages on its 1 km grid, read at Béal Átha An Ghaorthaidh’s population centre. The nearest of its synoptic weather stations, Sherkin Island, is 44 km south.
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 Béal Átha An Ghaorthaidh’s population centre. They are 30-year averages, not a forecast.
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