Convoy sits near the bottom of Irish towns for July heat
January nights here settle around 2.0°C. The rainiest month is December; the driest is April. By rainfall alone, it ranks wetter than 96% of Irish towns. Long walks are most pleasant from June to August, when afternoons reach 18–19°C.
Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages for the town’s own square kilometre.
A year in Convoy at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Convoy’s climate
Compared with Irish towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in County Donegal beside it.
What a year in Convoy feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Met Éireann’s 1991–2020 averages.
About 1,336 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and April the driest. 4th wettest of 7 towns of 2,500+ in County Donegal. The wettest month brings about 1.9 times the rain of the driest.
Rain by month
Millimetres
Living with Convoy’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 and Aug.
Parks & trails →Averages smooth over storms, floods and heatwaves; Convoy’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →Met Éireann’s nearest station: Finner
Finner is 56 km south-west of Convoy, the nearest of the 25 synoptic stations where Met Éireann records the weather around the clock.
| Distance from the town | 56 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 33 m |
| Town altitude (its centre) | 47 m |
The figures on this page are not this station’s readings: they are Met Éireann’s 1 km grid at Convoy itself, which it builds from its whole network of stations.
How Convoy 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 of 2,500+ in County Donegal.
Warmer than it used to be
Convoy’s 1991–2020 average is 0.3°C warmer than 1981–2010’s. The biggest change is in February (+0.4°C).
A year’s rain is 1,336 mm, up 3% from 1,301 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.
Convoy and its neighbours
Every town next door is within half a degree of Convoy 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.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Convoy | 18.9°C | 2.0°C | 1,336 mm |
| Raphoe 4.0 km | 18.7°C about the same | 1.8°C about the same | 1,245 mm |
| Ballybofey-Stranorlar 10 km | 19.1°C about the same | 2.1°C about the same | 1,395 mm |
| Letterkenny 12 km | 18.8°C about the same | 2.0°C about the same | 1,280 mm |
| Lifford 12 km | 19.1°C about the same | 2.2°C about the same | 1,070 mm |
| Newtowncunningham 18 km | 18.9°C about the same | 2.3°C about the same | 1,120 mm |
Each town’s colour is Met Éireann’s 1 km grid at its own centre, so towns a few kilometres apart can differ.
Convoy 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 | 7.8°C | 2.0°C | 4.9°C | 147 mm |
| February | 8.4°C | 1.9°C | 5.2°C | 117 mm |
| March | 10.1°C | 2.9°C | 6.5°C | 103 mm |
| April | 12.6°C | 4.4°C | 8.5°C | 81 mm |
| May | 15.5°C | 6.7°C | 11.1°C | 81 mm |
| June | 17.6°C | 9.3°C | 13.4°C | 86 mm |
| July | 18.9°C | 11.2°C | 15.0°C | 99 mm |
| August | 18.7°C | 11.0°C | 14.9°C | 108 mm |
| September | 16.7°C | 9.2°C | 12.9°C | 100 mm |
| October | 13.4°C | 6.6°C | 10.0°C | 122 mm |
| November | 10.2°C | 4.1°C | 7.1°C | 136 mm |
| December | 8.2°C | 2.2°C | 5.2°C | 155 mm |
| Year | 13.2°C | 6.0°C | 9.6°C | 1,336 mm |
Where Convoy’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 Convoy’s population centre (0.4 km away).
- Weather station: the nearest of Met Éireann’s 25 synoptic stations, Finner, 56 km south-west, from Met Éireann’s station list.
- Frosts and degree days: Finner’s daily readings, 2011–2020, 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.
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Questions about Convoy’s climate
How warm does Convoy get in summer?
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 18.9°C.
How cold does Convoy get in winter?
February nights average 1.9°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 Convoy get?
About 1,336 mm a year, more than 96% of Irish towns. December is the wettest month (155 mm) and April the driest (81 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 Convoy itself. Its nearest synoptic station is Finner.
Are these figures for Convoy itself?
Yes: they are Met Éireann’s 1991–2020 averages on its 1 km grid, read at Convoy’s population centre. The nearest of its synoptic weather stations, Finner, is 56 km south-west.
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 Convoy’s population centre. They are 30-year averages, not a forecast.
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