Photo: Andreas F. Borchert · CC BY-SA 4.0Midwinter lows in Ballinasloe sink below those of 78% of Irish towns
July afternoons average 19.7°C. Rain peaks in December and eases off in May. None of the 20 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ in County Galway has warmer July afternoons. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or more, come about 166 times a year.
Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages for the town’s own square kilometre.
A year in Ballinasloe at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Ballinasloe’s climate
Compared with Irish towns, with its place among towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ in County Galway beside it.
What a year in Ballinasloe feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Met Éireann’s 1991–2020 averages.
41 frosts and 3 days of 25°C a year
Ground frosts, when the grass drops below 0°C, come on about 103 nights a year. Air frosts come mostly from October to April, most of all in March (about 8).
Air frosts by month
Average nights below 0°C
Ground frosts by month
Average nights with the grass below 0°C
Counted from Gurteen’s daily readings, 2008–2020, 36 km south-east of Ballinasloe: Met Éireann publishes these for its stations only. At that distance, read them as the area’s climate.
About 1,023 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and May the driest. 20th wettest of 20 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ in County Galway. The wettest month brings about 1.7 times the rain of the driest. Gurteen records 1 mm or more on about 166 days a year, and 10 mm on about 23.
Rain by month
Millimetres
Heating a home in Ballinasloe
84% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to April.
Degree days add up how far each day’s mean temperature falls below 15.5°C over a year.
Living with Ballinasloe’s climate
What the averages mean for a garden, a free afternoon and a bad-weather day.
In half of years the last air frost at Gurteen comes by 28 April and the first by 25 October: about 180 frost-free days in between.
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; Ballinasloe’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →Met Éireann’s nearest station: Gurteen
Gurteen is 36 km south-east of Ballinasloe, the nearest of the 25 synoptic stations where Met Éireann records the weather around the clock. The station stands 75 m above sea level; Ballinasloe’s centre, 39 m.
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Air frosts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.9°C | 2.0°C | 87 mm | 7.3 |
| February | 8.5°C | 1.9°C | 74 mm | 7.6 |
| March | 10.2°C | 1.9°C | 73 mm | 8.3 |
| April | 13.1°C | 3.7°C | 54 mm | 3.3 |
| May | 15.8°C | 6.4°C | 60 mm | 0.6 |
| June | 18.3°C | 9.0°C | 74 mm | 0.0 |
| July | 19.4°C | 11.1°C | 78 mm | 0.0 |
| August | 18.6°C | 10.7°C | 90 mm | 0.0 |
| September | 16.8°C | 8.8°C | 70 mm | 0.1 |
| October | 13.7°C | 6.4°C | 91 mm | 1.2 |
| November | 10.0°C | 3.6°C | 106 mm | 4.9 |
| December | 8.2°C | 2.2°C | 98 mm | 8.0 |
| Year | 13.4°C | 5.6°C | 954 mm | 41 |
The table is Gurteen’s own record, averaged over 2008–2020 from its daily readings (ours, not a Met Éireann table). The temperatures and rain elsewhere on this page are Met Éireann’s 1 km grid at Ballinasloe itself; the frosts and degree days are this station’s.
How Ballinasloe 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 Galway.
Warmer than it used to be
Ballinasloe’s 1991–2020 average is 0.2°C warmer than 1981–2010’s. The biggest change is in February (+0.4°C).
A year’s rain is 1,023 mm, up 3% from 990 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.
Ballinasloe 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 | 8.3°C | 2.3°C | 5.3°C | 105 mm |
| February | 9.0°C | 2.2°C | 5.6°C | 83 mm |
| March | 10.7°C | 3.1°C | 6.9°C | 77 mm |
| April | 13.4°C | 4.5°C | 9.0°C | 66 mm |
| May | 16.1°C | 7.0°C | 11.5°C | 64 mm |
| June | 18.5°C | 9.6°C | 14.0°C | 72 mm |
| July | 19.7°C | 11.6°C | 15.7°C | 77 mm |
| August | 19.4°C | 11.3°C | 15.4°C | 84 mm |
| September | 17.5°C | 9.4°C | 13.5°C | 78 mm |
| October | 14.0°C | 6.7°C | 10.3°C | 100 mm |
| November | 10.6°C | 4.2°C | 7.4°C | 106 mm |
| December | 8.5°C | 2.5°C | 5.5°C | 111 mm |
| Year | 13.8°C | 6.2°C | 10.0°C | 1,023 mm |
How much a month can swing
December swings the most: over 13 years its average ranged from −0.4°C (2010) to 8.3°C (2015). September is the most reliable, staying within 2.2°C.
Where Ballinasloe’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast: the town’s own from Met Éireann’s grid, the frosts and degree days from its nearest station.
- 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 Ballinasloe’s population centre (0.3 km away).
- Weather station: the nearest of Met Éireann’s 25 synoptic stations, Gurteen, 36 km south-east, from Met Éireann’s station list.
- Frosts and degree days: Gurteen’s daily readings from Met Éireann (clidata.met.ie), 2008–2020, averaged by month: a month counts when 27 or more of its days were read (rain and sunshine: every day), and a figure needs 10 such years.
- 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 at this station, snow and wind. Met Éireann publishes none of them on a grid; the frosts here are its nearest station’s, not the town’s own.
Met Éireann 30-year averages · Met Éireann open data. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Questions about Ballinasloe’s climate
How warm does Ballinasloe get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 19.7°C.
How cold does Ballinasloe get in winter?
The coldest nights come in February, averaging 2.2°C. At Gurteen, the nearest Met Éireann station, the air drops below 0°C on about 41 nights a year (2008–2020).
How much rain does Ballinasloe get?
About 1,023 mm a year, more than 60% of Irish towns. December is the wettest month (111 mm) and May the driest (64 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 Ballinasloe itself. Its nearest synoptic station is Gurteen.
Are these figures for Ballinasloe itself?
Partly. The temperatures and rain are Met Éireann’s 1991–2020 averages on its 1 km grid, read at Ballinasloe’s population centre; the frosts, degree days and year-to-year swings are those of Gurteen, 36 km south-east, the nearest of its synoptic stations.
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 Ballinasloe’s population centre. They are 30-year averages, not a forecast.
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