Photo: The Banner · CC BY-SA 3.0Hardly any Irish towns see fresher July days than Gob an Choire
On a normal January night the air cools to about 3.9°C. It is a wet place: more rain falls here than on almost every Irish town. Warming shows here too: 0.3°C more than in 1981–2010, led by April. Frost greets about 10 mornings a year, so leave time to clear the car.
Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages for the town’s own square kilometre.
A year in Gob an Choire at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Gob an Choire’s climate
Compared with Irish towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in County Mayo beside it.
What a year in Gob an Choire feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Met Éireann’s 1991–2020 averages.
10 frosts and 3 days of 25°C a year
Air frosts come mostly from December to March, most of all in January (about 3).
Air frosts by month
Average nights below 0°C
Counted from Newport’s daily readings, 2005–2020, 24 km east of Gob an Choire: Met Éireann publishes these for its stations only.
About 1,720 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and May the driest. The wettest of 7 towns of 2,500+ in County Mayo. The wettest month brings about 1.9 times the rain of the driest. Newport records 1 mm or more on about 223 days a year, and 10 mm on about 58.
Rain by month
Millimetres
Heating a home in Gob an Choire
85% 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 Gob an Choire’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 Newport comes by 21 February and the first by 3 December: about 285 frost-free days in between.
Highs of 17–27°C with lows of 8°C or more: Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Averages smooth over storms, floods and heatwaves; Gob an Choire’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →Met Éireann’s nearest station: Newport
Newport is 24 km east of Gob an Choire, the nearest of the 25 synoptic stations where Met Éireann records the weather around the clock. The station stands 22 m above sea level; Gob an Choire’s centre, 12 m.
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Air frosts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.6°C | 3.6°C | 174 mm | 3.0 |
| February | 8.9°C | 3.5°C | 152 mm | 2.6 |
| March | 10.5°C | 4.0°C | 129 mm | 1.8 |
| April | 13.4°C | 5.7°C | 85 mm | 0.1 |
| May | 15.5°C | 8.0°C | 101 mm | 0.0 |
| June | 17.7°C | 10.5°C | 93 mm | 0.0 |
| July | 18.6°C | 12.0°C | 115 mm | 0.0 |
| August | 18.0°C | 11.9°C | 144 mm | 0.0 |
| September | 16.7°C | 10.5°C | 150 mm | 0.0 |
| October | 14.2°C | 8.4°C | 148 mm | 0.0 |
| November | 10.7°C | 5.7°C | 186 mm | 0.5 |
| December | 9.0°C | 4.3°C | 194 mm | 1.9 |
| Year | 13.5°C | 7.3°C | 1,669 mm | 10 |
The table is Newport’s own record, averaged over 2005–2020 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 Gob an Choire itself; the frosts and degree days are this station’s.
How Gob an Choire 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 Mayo.
Warmer than it used to be
Gob an Choire’s 1991–2020 average is 0.3°C warmer than 1981–2010’s. The biggest change is in January (+0.3°C).
A year’s rain is 1,720 mm, up 4% from 1,659 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.
Gob an Choire 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 | 3.9°C | 6.3°C | 174 mm |
| February | 9.0°C | 3.7°C | 6.3°C | 148 mm |
| March | 10.0°C | 4.6°C | 7.3°C | 128 mm |
| April | 12.1°C | 5.9°C | 9.0°C | 101 mm |
| May | 14.3°C | 7.9°C | 11.1°C | 101 mm |
| June | 16.0°C | 10.2°C | 13.1°C | 101 mm |
| July | 17.2°C | 11.9°C | 14.5°C | 121 mm |
| August | 17.4°C | 12.0°C | 14.7°C | 146 mm |
| September | 16.1°C | 10.8°C | 13.5°C | 145 mm |
| October | 13.4°C | 8.5°C | 10.9°C | 170 mm |
| November | 10.8°C | 6.2°C | 8.5°C | 191 mm |
| December | 9.1°C | 4.4°C | 6.8°C | 195 mm |
| Year | 12.8°C | 7.5°C | 10.2°C | 1,720 mm |
How much a month can swing
December swings the most: over 16 years its average ranged from 2.3°C (2010) to 8.2°C (2015). September is the most reliable, staying within 2.5°C.
Where Gob an Choire’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 Gob an Choire’s population centre (0.5 km away).
- Weather station: the nearest of Met Éireann’s 25 synoptic stations, Newport, 24 km east, from Met Éireann’s station list.
- Frosts and degree days: Newport’s daily readings from Met Éireann (clidata.met.ie), 2005–2020, 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 Gob an Choire’s climate
How warm does Gob an Choire get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 17.4°C.
How cold does Gob an Choire get in winter?
The coldest nights come in February, averaging 3.7°C. At Newport, the nearest Met Éireann station, the air drops below 0°C on about 10 nights a year (2005–2020).
How much rain does Gob an Choire get?
About 1,720 mm a year, more than almost every Irish town. December is the wettest month (195 mm) and May the driest (101 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 Gob an Choire itself. Its nearest synoptic station is Newport.
Are these figures for Gob an Choire itself?
Partly. The temperatures and rain are Met Éireann’s 1991–2020 averages on its 1 km grid, read at Gob an Choire’s population centre; the frosts, degree days and year-to-year swings are those of Newport, 24 km 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 Gob an Choire’s population centre. They are 30-year averages, not a forecast.
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