A middle-of-the-road climate: Grange Upper is close to most Irish towns on every count
A typical year brings 1,019 mm of rain, with July afternoons around 19.9°C and January nights around 3.1°C. The seasons sit close together: from a winter night to a summer afternoon the average spans only 17°C. Of the 12 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ in County Waterford, it has the coldest January nights. Central heating does most of its work from November to April, in months below 10°C on average.
Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages for the town’s own square kilometre.
A year in Grange Upper at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Grange Upper’s climate
Compared with Irish towns, with its place among towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ in County Waterford beside it.
What a year in Grange Upper feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Met Éireann’s 1991–2020 averages.
About 1,019 mm of rain a year
October is the wettest month and May the driest. 8th wettest of 12 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ in County Waterford. The wettest month brings about 1.8 times the rain of the driest.
Rain by month
Millimetres
Living with Grange Upper’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, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Averages smooth over storms, floods and heatwaves; Grange Upper’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →Met Éireann’s nearest station: Johnstown Castle
Johnstown Castle is 41 km east of Grange Upper, the nearest of the 25 synoptic stations where Met Éireann records the weather around the clock. The station stands 62 m above sea level; Grange Upper’s centre, 55 m.
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Air frosts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.3°C | 3.3°C | 97 mm | 3.6 |
| February | 8.5°C | 3.3°C | 79 mm | 3.0 |
| March | 9.6°C | 3.5°C | 72 mm | 2.3 |
| April | 11.8°C | 5.4°C | 64 mm | 0.2 |
| May | 14.4°C | 7.8°C | 59 mm | 0.0 |
| June | 17.0°C | 10.5°C | 77 mm | 0.0 |
| July | 18.6°C | 12.2°C | 77 mm | 0.0 |
| August | 18.2°C | 11.8°C | 87 mm | 0.0 |
| September | 16.6°C | 10.4°C | 73 mm | 0.0 |
| October | 13.9°C | 8.3°C | 123 mm | 0.0 |
| November | 10.6°C | 5.6°C | 118 mm | 1.1 |
| December | 8.9°C | 3.9°C | 123 mm | 3.7 |
| Year | 13.0°C | 7.2°C | 1,048 mm | 14 |
The table is Johnstown Castle’s own record, averaged over 2008–2020 from its daily readings (ours, not a Met Éireann table). The rest of the page is Met Éireann’s 1 km grid at Grange Upper itself: past 40 km, the station’s frosts and sunshine don’t stand for the town.
How Grange Upper 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 Waterford.
Warmer than it used to be
Grange Upper’s 1991–2020 average is 0.3°C warmer than 1981–2010’s. The biggest change is in April (+0.4°C).
A year’s rain, 1,019 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.
Grange Upper and its neighbours
Every town next door is within half a degree of Grange Upper 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grange Upper | 19.9°C | 3.1°C | 1,019 mm |
| Grange 0.7 km | 19.9°C about the same | 3.3°C about the same | 1,015 mm |
| Grantstown and Ballinakill 1.5 km | 19.8°C about the same | 3.2°C about the same | 1,021 mm |
| Ballytruckle 1.7 km | 20.1°C about the same | 3.4°C about the same | 1,013 mm |
| Poleberry 1.9 km | 20.2°C about the same | 3.3°C about the same | 1,018 mm |
| Waterford City Centre 1.9 km | 20.3°C about the same | 3.4°C about the same | 1,008 mm |
| Ferrybank 2.5 km | 20.2°C about the same | 3.3°C about the same | 1,013 mm |
Each town’s colour is Met Éireann’s 1 km grid at its own centre, so towns a few kilometres apart can differ.
Grange Upper 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 | 9.0°C | 3.1°C | 6.0°C | 96 mm |
| February | 9.4°C | 3.1°C | 6.2°C | 73 mm |
| March | 10.8°C | 4.0°C | 7.4°C | 71 mm |
| April | 13.0°C | 5.4°C | 9.2°C | 71 mm |
| May | 15.7°C | 7.8°C | 11.8°C | 66 mm |
| June | 18.3°C | 10.4°C | 14.4°C | 73 mm |
| July | 19.9°C | 12.2°C | 16.1°C | 74 mm |
| August | 19.8°C | 11.9°C | 15.8°C | 82 mm |
| September | 17.8°C | 10.2°C | 14.0°C | 80 mm |
| October | 14.4°C | 7.8°C | 11.1°C | 116 mm |
| November | 11.3°C | 5.0°C | 8.2°C | 111 mm |
| December | 9.4°C | 3.6°C | 6.5°C | 106 mm |
| Year | 14.1°C | 7.0°C | 10.6°C | 1,019 mm |
Where Grange Upper’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 Grange Upper’s population centre (0.2 km away).
- Weather station: the nearest of Met Éireann’s 25 synoptic stations, Johnstown Castle, 41 km east, from Met Éireann’s station list.
- Frosts and degree days: Johnstown Castle’s daily readings, 2008–2020, 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.
Met Éireann 30-year averages · Met Éireann open data. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Questions about Grange Upper’s climate
How warm does Grange Upper get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 19.9°C.
How cold does Grange Upper get in winter?
The coldest nights come in January, averaging 3.1°C. Met Éireann counts frosts only at its weather stations, so there is no frost count for the town itself.
How much rain does Grange Upper get?
About 1,019 mm a year, more than 58% of Irish towns. October is the wettest month (116 mm) and May the driest (66 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 Grange Upper itself. Its nearest synoptic station is Johnstown Castle.
Are these figures for Grange Upper itself?
Yes: they are Met Éireann’s 1991–2020 averages on its 1 km grid, read at Grange Upper’s population centre. The nearest of its synoptic weather stations, Johnstown Castle, is 41 km 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 Grange Upper’s population centre. They are 30-year averages, not a forecast.
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