Few Irish towns have colder winter nights than Oram
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 19.3°C on average. By July afternoons alone, it runs cooler than 89% of Irish towns. Since 1981–2010, the year has warmed by 0.2°C, most of all in May. Picnics, hikes and garden evenings come into their own from June to August, with highs of 18–19°C.
Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages for the town’s own square kilometre.
A year in Oram at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Oram’s climate
Compared with Irish towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in County Monaghan beside it.
What a year in Oram feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Met Éireann’s 1991–2020 averages.
About 1,056 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and May the driest. The wettest of 4 towns of 2,500+ in County Monaghan. The wettest month brings about 1.6 times the rain of the driest.
Rain by month
Millimetres
Living with Oram’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; Oram’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →Met Éireann’s nearest station: Ballyhaise
Ballyhaise is 42 km west of Oram, the nearest of the 25 synoptic stations where Met Éireann records the weather around the clock. The station stands 78 m above sea level; Oram’s centre, 123 m.
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Air frosts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.6°C | 2.1°C | 100 mm | 7.9 |
| February | 8.0°C | 1.8°C | 76 mm | 8.4 |
| March | 9.8°C | 2.2°C | 79 mm | 7.3 |
| April | 12.6°C | 4.0°C | 60 mm | 2.9 |
| May | 15.3°C | 6.5°C | 66 mm | 0.3 |
| June | 18.0°C | 9.4°C | 70 mm | 0.0 |
| July | 19.1°C | 11.2°C | 92 mm | 0.0 |
| August | 18.2°C | 10.9°C | 104 mm | 0.0 |
| September | 16.5°C | 9.0°C | 81 mm | 0.1 |
| October | 13.4°C | 6.6°C | 96 mm | 1.3 |
| November | 9.7°C | 3.9°C | 98 mm | 4.1 |
| December | 7.8°C | 2.4°C | 99 mm | 7.3 |
| Year | 13.0°C | 5.8°C | 1,022 mm | 40 |
The table is Ballyhaise’s own record, averaged over 2003–2020 from its daily readings (ours, not a Met Éireann table). The rest of the page is Met Éireann’s 1 km grid at Oram itself: past 40 km, the station’s frosts and sunshine don’t stand for the town.
How Oram 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 Monaghan.
Warmer than it used to be
Oram’s 1991–2020 average is 0.2°C warmer than 1981–2010’s. The biggest change is in May (+0.4°C).
A year’s rain is 1,056 mm, up 4% from 1,017 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.
Oram and its neighbours
Every town next door is within half a degree of Oram 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oram | 19.3°C | 1.5°C | 1,056 mm |
| Castleblayney 5.1 km | 19.2°C about the same | 1.4°C about the same | 1,045 mm |
| Ballybay 14 km | 19.4°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 1,005 mm |
Each town’s colour is Met Éireann’s 1 km grid at its own centre, so towns a few kilometres apart can differ.
Oram 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 | 7.4°C | 1.5°C | 4.5°C | 100 mm |
| February | 8.1°C | 1.4°C | 4.7°C | 82 mm |
| March | 9.9°C | 2.4°C | 6.2°C | 78 mm |
| April | 12.4°C | 3.9°C | 8.1°C | 70 mm |
| May | 15.3°C | 6.3°C | 10.8°C | 70 mm |
| June | 17.8°C | 9.1°C | 13.4°C | 73 mm |
| July | 19.3°C | 11.0°C | 15.1°C | 88 mm |
| August | 18.9°C | 10.7°C | 14.8°C | 95 mm |
| September | 16.8°C | 8.8°C | 12.8°C | 80 mm |
| October | 13.2°C | 6.1°C | 9.6°C | 103 mm |
| November | 9.8°C | 3.5°C | 6.7°C | 108 mm |
| December | 7.7°C | 1.8°C | 4.8°C | 110 mm |
| Year | 13.0°C | 5.5°C | 9.3°C | 1,056 mm |
Where Oram’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 Oram’s population centre (0.5 km away).
- Weather station: the nearest of Met Éireann’s 25 synoptic stations, Ballyhaise, 42 km west, from Met Éireann’s station list.
- Frosts and degree days: Ballyhaise’s daily readings, 2003–2020, 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 Oram’s climate
How warm does Oram get in summer?
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 19.3°C.
How cold does Oram get in winter?
February nights average 1.4°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 Oram get?
About 1,056 mm a year, more than 66% of Irish towns. December is the wettest month (110 mm) and May the driest (70 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 Oram itself. Its nearest synoptic station is Ballyhaise.
Are these figures for Oram itself?
Yes: they are Met Éireann’s 1991–2020 averages on its 1 km grid, read at Oram’s population centre. The nearest of its synoptic weather stations, Ballyhaise, is 42 km 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 Oram’s population centre. They are 30-year averages, not a forecast.
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