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Weather in Rathowen · MET Norway forecast + Met Éireann averages

Rathowen, today: cloudy, and the thermometer reaches 10 degrees

The forecast for Rathowen beside its normal weather: a typical November day reaches 10°C and drops to 4°C at night. Today brings about 1 mm of rain and a breeze of up to 27 km/h; the low is 6°C. Rain peaks later in the week on Monday, at about 15 mm for the day.

Winter 8°/2°CSpring 13°/5°CSummer 19°/11°CAutumn 14°/6°C
Right now
6°C
Cloudy
High 10°C · Low 6°C · Wind 19 km/h
Today is about normal for 14 November
Sunrise 07:54 · sunset 16:34
Today
10°C / 6°C
A normal 14 November: 10°C / 4°C
Rain, next 24 hours
1.4 mm
Some rain
Wind
19 km/h
From the south · up to 27 km/h today
Humidity
81%
relative humidity
Daylight
8 h 39 min
07:54 to 16:34
Hour by hour · °C

The next 24 hours in Rathowen

Expect 10°C at the warmest, around 12:00, and 6°C at the coolest, around 06:00. Wettest around 20:00 (0.6 mm in the hour).

06:00 · 6°C · Cloudy · 0.0 mm · wind 19 km/h6°Now07:00 · 6°C · Cloudy · 0.0 mm · wind 22 km/h08:00 · 6°C · Cloudy · 0.0 mm · wind 22 km/h6°09:00 · 6°C · Partly cloudy · 0.0 mm · wind 21 km/h09:0010:00 · 7°C · Cloudy · 0.0 mm · wind 22 km/h7°11:00 · 9°C · Partly cloudy · 0.0 mm · wind 26 km/h12:00 · 10°C · Cloudy · 0.0 mm · wind 23 km/h10°12:0013:00 · 10°C · Partly cloudy · 0.0 mm · wind 22 km/h14:00 · 10°C · Cloudy · 0.0 mm · wind 22 km/h10°15:00 · 10°C · Cloudy · 0.0 mm · wind 25 km/h15:0016:00 · 9°C · Cloudy · 0.0 mm · wind 24 km/h9°17:00 · 9°C · Cloudy · 0.0 mm · wind 27 km/h18:00 · 9°C · Cloudy · 0.0 mm · wind 26 km/h9°18:0019:00 · 9°C · Cloudy · 0.0 mm · wind 27 km/h20:00 · 9°C · Rain · 0.6 mm · wind 27 km/h0.6 mm9°21:00 · 8°C · Light rain · 0.2 mm · wind 26 km/h21:0022:00 · 8°C · Cloudy · 0.0 mm · wind 25 km/h8°23:00 · 8°C · Cloudy · 0.0 mm · wind 26 km/h00:00 · 8°C · Cloudy · 0.0 mm · wind 26 km/h8°00:0001:00 · 8°C · Light rain · 0.3 mm · wind 23 km/h02:00 · 8°C · Light rain · 0.3 mm · wind 21 km/h8°03:00 · 8°C · Cloudy · 0.0 mm · wind 15 km/h03:0004:00 · 8°C · Cloudy · 0.0 mm · wind 12 km/h8°05:00 · 8°C · Cloudy · 0.0 mm · wind 5 km/h
TemperatureRain (mm in the hour)Night
7 days · °C

The week ahead, against a normal week

The week tracks the normals closely. Tap a day for more.

Today14 NovCloudy0.8 mm rain6°10°normal

Saturday 14 November: Cloudy, a high of 10°C and a low of 6°C; 0.8 mm of rain; wind up to 27 km/h.

A normal 14 November in Rathowen: high 10°C, low 4°C.

Tomorrow15 NovPartly cloudy0.6 mm rain0°8°−2°

Sunday 15 November: Partly cloudy, a high of 8°C and a low of 0°C; 0.6 mm of rain; wind up to 27 km/h.

A normal 15 November in Rathowen: high 10°C, low 4°C.

Mon16 NovHeavy rain14.6 mm rain−2°4°−6°

Monday 16 November: Heavy rain, a high of 4°C and a low of −2°C; 14.6 mm of rain; wind up to 47 km/h.

A normal 16 November in Rathowen: high 10°C, low 4°C.

Tue17 NovCloudy2.7 mm rain5°9°normal

Tuesday 17 November: Cloudy, a high of 9°C and a low of 5°C; 2.7 mm of rain; wind up to 33 km/h.

A normal 17 November in Rathowen: high 10°C, low 4°C.

Wed18 NovCloudy0.2 mm rain7°9°normal

Wednesday 18 November: Cloudy, a high of 9°C and a low of 7°C; 0.2 mm of rain; wind up to 25 km/h.

A normal 18 November in Rathowen: high 10°C, low 4°C.

Thu19 NovPartly cloudydry5°8°−2°

Thursday 19 November: Partly cloudy, a high of 8°C and a low of 5°C; no rain expected; wind up to 25 km/h.

A normal 19 November in Rathowen: high 10°C, low 4°C.

Fri20 NovCloudy0.2 mm rain1°7°−3°

Friday 20 November: Cloudy, a high of 7°C and a low of 1°C; 0.2 mm of rain; wind up to 13 km/h.

A normal 20 November in Rathowen: high 10°C, low 4°C.

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

What stands out about Rathowen’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 1.9°C, colder than 94% of Irish towns.Warming faster than most Irish townsThe 1991–2020 year averaged 0.3°C warmer than 1981–2010, a bigger shift than 89% of Irish towns.
A normal year

Where today sits in Rathowen’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°
274 mm of rain, the wettest season
Spring
13° / 5°
199 mm of rain
Summer
19° / 11°
239 mm of rain
Autumn now
14° / 6°
270 mm of rain
Best months to be outside
JunJulAugSep
Highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more
When is it wettest?December, with 104 mm.Is it warmer than it used to be?+0.3°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.Rathowen’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 14 November, 06:58. 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).