The Commons sits near the bottom of Irish towns for winter warmth
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 19.0°C on average. Only 18°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. In July, afternoons here are cooler than in 96% of Irish towns. Garden chairs stay out from June to August, the months with highs of 18–19°C.
Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages for the town’s own square kilometre.
A year in The Commons at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about The Commons’s climate
Compared with Irish towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in County Tipperary beside it.
What a year in The Commons feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Met Éireann’s 1991–2020 averages.
About 1,111 mm of rain a year
October is the wettest month and May the driest. 2nd wettest of 10 towns of 2,500+ in County Tipperary. The wettest month brings about 1.6 times the rain of the driest.
Rain by month
Millimetres
Living with The Commons’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; The Commons’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →Met Éireann’s nearest station: Oak Park
Oak Park is 50 km north-east of The Commons, the nearest of the 25 synoptic stations where Met Éireann records the weather around the clock. The station stands 62 m above sea level; The Commons’s centre, 228 m.
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Air frosts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.3°C | 2.3°C | 79 mm | 7.0 |
| February | 8.6°C | 2.1°C | 65 mm | 7.7 |
| March | 10.5°C | 2.5°C | 64 mm | 6.2 |
| April | 13.3°C | 4.4°C | 48 mm | 1.5 |
| May | 16.1°C | 6.9°C | 49 mm | 0.3 |
| June | 18.8°C | 9.6°C | 63 mm | 0.0 |
| July | 20.4°C | 11.5°C | 70 mm | 0.0 |
| August | 19.7°C | 11.2°C | 83 mm | 0.0 |
| September | 17.8°C | 9.3°C | 66 mm | 0.1 |
| October | 14.3°C | 7.0°C | 94 mm | 0.6 |
| November | 10.4°C | 4.1°C | 92 mm | 4.4 |
| December | 8.5°C | 2.6°C | 93 mm | 7.6 |
| Year | 13.9°C | 6.1°C | 864 mm | 35 |
The table is Oak Park’s own record, averaged over 2004–2020 from its daily readings (ours, not a Met Éireann table). The rest of the page is Met Éireann’s 1 km grid at The Commons itself: past 40 km, the station’s frosts and sunshine don’t stand for the town.
How The Commons 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 Tipperary.
Warmer than it used to be
The Commons’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, 1,111 mm, is about the same as before.
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.
The Commons and its neighbours
Callan has the warmest July afternoons (20.2°C, 1.2°C warmer). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Commons | 19.0°C | 1.2°C | 1,111 mm |
| Urlingford 11 km | 19.8°C 0.8°C warmer | 1.9°C 0.7°C milder | 943 mm |
| Callan 14 km | 20.2°C 1.2°C warmer | 2.3°C 1.1°C milder | 906 mm |
| Thurles 19 km | 20.0°C 1.0°C warmer | 2.2°C 1.0°C milder | 966 mm |
Each town’s colour is Met Éireann’s 1 km grid at its own centre, so towns a few kilometres apart can differ.
The Commons 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 | 1.2°C | 4.3°C | 106 mm |
| February | 8.0°C | 1.1°C | 4.5°C | 85 mm |
| March | 9.8°C | 2.0°C | 5.9°C | 83 mm |
| April | 12.3°C | 3.4°C | 7.8°C | 75 mm |
| May | 15.0°C | 5.9°C | 10.5°C | 73 mm |
| June | 17.6°C | 8.6°C | 13.1°C | 83 mm |
| July | 19.0°C | 10.5°C | 14.8°C | 81 mm |
| August | 18.8°C | 10.2°C | 14.5°C | 91 mm |
| September | 16.6°C | 8.2°C | 12.4°C | 87 mm |
| October | 13.1°C | 5.7°C | 9.4°C | 118 mm |
| November | 9.7°C | 3.0°C | 6.3°C | 115 mm |
| December | 7.7°C | 1.5°C | 4.6°C | 116 mm |
| Year | 12.9°C | 5.1°C | 9.0°C | 1,111 mm |
Where The Commons’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 The Commons’s population centre (0.2 km away).
- Weather station: the nearest of Met Éireann’s 25 synoptic stations, Oak Park, 50 km north-east, from Met Éireann’s station list.
- Frosts and degree days: Oak Park’s daily readings, 2004–2020, 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 The Commons’s climate
How warm does The Commons get in summer?
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 19.0°C.
How cold does The Commons get in winter?
February nights average 1.1°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 The Commons get?
About 1,111 mm a year, more than 76% of Irish towns. October is the wettest month (118 mm) and May the driest (73 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 The Commons itself. Its nearest synoptic station is Oak Park.
Are these figures for The Commons itself?
Yes: they are Met Éireann’s 1991–2020 averages on its 1 km grid, read at The Commons’s population centre. The nearest of its synoptic weather stations, Oak Park, is 50 km north-east.
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 The Commons’s population centre. They are 30-year averages, not a forecast.
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