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Weather in Portlaoise · MET Norway forecast + Met Éireann averages

Weather in Portlaoise: 11 degrees and cloudy today

The heaviest rain of the week is due on Wednesday, around 5 mm. Usually, November days warm to 10°C and nights cool to 4°C; Portlaoise’s forecast is read against that. A settled, dry day lies ahead today: light wind up to 19 km/h, then a low of 6°C.

Winter 8°/2°CSpring 13°/5°CSummer 19°/11°CAutumn 14°/6°C
Right now
10°C
Partly cloudy
High 11°C · Low 6°C · Wind 17 km/h
Today is about normal for 5 November
Sunrise 07:34 · sunset 16:50
Today
11°C / 6°C
A normal 5 November: 12°C / 5°C
Rain, next 24 hours
None
Staying mostly dry
Wind
17 km/h
From the north-east · up to 19 km/h today
Humidity
84%
relative humidity
Daylight
9 h 16 min
07:34 to 16:50
Hour by hour · °C

The next 24 hours in Portlaoise

It runs from 5°C around 03:00 up to 11°C around 12:00. Next to no rain is expected.

12:00 · 11°C · Partly cloudy · 0.0 mm · wind 19 km/h11°Now13:00 · 11°C · Cloudy · 0.0 mm · wind 18 km/h14:00 · 11°C · Cloudy · 0.0 mm · wind 19 km/h11°15:00 · 10°C · Cloudy · 0.0 mm · wind 15 km/h15:0016:00 · 9°C · Cloudy · 0.0 mm · wind 12 km/h9°17:00 · 8°C · Cloudy · 0.0 mm · wind 10 km/h18:00 · 8°C · Cloudy · 0.0 mm · wind 11 km/h8°18:0019:00 · 8°C · Cloudy · 0.0 mm · wind 12 km/h20:00 · 8°C · Cloudy · 0.0 mm · wind 12 km/h8°21:00 · 7°C · Partly cloudy · 0.0 mm · wind 12 km/h21:0022:00 · 7°C · Partly cloudy · 0.0 mm · wind 10 km/h7°23:00 · 6°C · Partly cloudy · 0.0 mm · wind 9 km/h00:00 · 6°C · Cloudy · 0.0 mm · wind 9 km/h6°00:0001:00 · 6°C · Partly cloudy · 0.0 mm · wind 9 km/h02:00 · 6°C · Partly cloudy · 0.0 mm · wind 9 km/h6°03:00 · 5°C · Mostly clear · 0.0 mm · wind 7 km/h5°03:0004:00 · 5°C · Cloudy · 0.0 mm · wind 6 km/h5°05:00 · 6°C · Cloudy · 0.0 mm · wind 8 km/h06:00 · 6°C · Cloudy · 0.0 mm · wind 8 km/h6°06:0007:00 · 6°C · Cloudy · 0.0 mm · wind 9 km/h08:00 · 6°C · Cloudy · 0.0 mm · wind 9 km/h6°09:00 · 7°C · Cloudy · 0.0 mm · wind 9 km/h09:0010:00 · 8°C · Cloudy · 0.0 mm · wind 8 km/h8°11:00 · 9°C · Cloudy · 0.0 mm · wind 7 km/h
TemperatureRain (mm in the hour)Night
7 days · °C

The week ahead, against a normal week

Normal weather for the season, more or less. Tap a day for more.

Today5 NovCloudydry6°11°normal

Thursday 5 November: Cloudy, a high of 11°C and a low of 6°C; no rain expected; wind up to 19 km/h.

A normal 5 November in Portlaoise: high 12°C, low 5°C.

Tomorrow6 NovLight rain0.2 mm rain5°10°−2°

Friday 6 November: Light rain, a high of 10°C and a low of 5°C; 0.2 mm of rain; wind up to 9 km/h.

A normal 6 November in Portlaoise: high 11°C, low 5°C.

Sat7 NovCloudydry4°10°−2°

Saturday 7 November: Cloudy, a high of 10°C and a low of 4°C; no rain expected; wind up to 10 km/h.

A normal 7 November in Portlaoise: high 11°C, low 4°C.

Sun8 NovCloudydry4°6°−6°

Sunday 8 November: Cloudy, a high of 6°C and a low of 4°C; no rain expected; wind up to 7 km/h.

A normal 8 November in Portlaoise: high 11°C, low 4°C.

Mon9 NovPartly cloudydry3°8°−3°

Monday 9 November: Partly cloudy, a high of 8°C and a low of 3°C; no rain expected; wind up to 12 km/h.

A normal 9 November in Portlaoise: high 11°C, low 4°C.

Tue10 NovPartly cloudydry4°9°−2°

Tuesday 10 November: Partly cloudy, a high of 9°C and a low of 4°C; no rain expected; wind up to 20 km/h.

A normal 10 November in Portlaoise: high 11°C, low 4°C.

Wed11 NovLight rain4.9 mm rain4°9°−2°

Wednesday 11 November: Light rain, a high of 9°C and a low of 4°C; 4.9 mm of rain; wind up to 17 km/h.

A normal 11 November in Portlaoise: high 11°C, low 4°C.

Normal range for the date (Met Éireann 1991–2020)Forecast low to high

What stands out about Portlaoise’s weather

Read from the Met Éireann 30-year averages, against Irish towns. Each one opens the full story on the Climate page.

Climate →
Colder winter nights than most Irish townsJanuary nights average 2.0°C, colder than 90% of Irish towns.Bigger swings between summer and winter than most Irish townsA spread of 18.0°C from January nights to July afternoons, wider than 94% of Irish towns.
A normal year

Where today sits in Portlaoise’s year

Typical highs and lows month by month, from the Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages, with today’s forecast on top.

Full climate →
Winter
8° / 2°
254 mm of rain
Spring
13° / 5°
192 mm of rain
Summer
19° / 11°
223 mm of rain
Autumn now
14° / 6°
269 mm of rain, the wettest season
Best months to be outside
JunJulAugSep
Highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more
When is it wettest?October, with 99 mm.Is it warmer than it used to be?+0.2°C on the 1981–2010 averages.What is each month like?Highs, lows and rain for all 12.

Warnings and more

This page doesn’t repeat official warnings: check Met Éireann’s weather warnings before travelling in bad weather.

Met Éireann weather warningsStatus yellow, orange and red warnings for wind, rain, snow and ice, thunderstorms, fog and high temperatures, county by county, from Ireland’s national meteorological service.Rivers, tides and flood mapsfloodinfo.ie, from the Office of Public Works: live river and tide levels and the national flood maps.Portlaoise’s climateNormal temperatures and rain month by month, from Met Éireann’s 30-year averages.

Forecast: Data from MET Norway (Norwegian Meteorological Institute), CC BY 4.0; wind in km/h and times in Irish time by us, fetched 5 November, 11:55. Normals: Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages for the town (Copyright Met Éireann, CC BY 4.0). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position.

Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).