Rainfall in Glenealy tops that of 84% of Irish towns: 1,184 mm a year
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 19.7°C. Temperatures cover 17°C across the year, low to high. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 67% of Irish towns. Keep the boiler serviced for the months from November to April, which average under 10°C.
Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages for the town’s own square kilometre.
A year in Glenealy at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Glenealy’s climate
Compared with Irish towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in County Wicklow beside it.
What a year in Glenealy feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Met Éireann’s 1991–2020 averages.
About 1,184 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. The wettest of 10 towns of 2,500+ in County Wicklow. The wettest month brings about 2.0 times the rain of the driest.
Rain by month
Millimetres
Living with Glenealy’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; Glenealy’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →Met Éireann’s nearest station: Casement
Casement is 43 km north-west of Glenealy, the nearest of the 25 synoptic stations where Met Éireann records the weather around the clock. The station stands 91 m above sea level; Glenealy’s centre, 81 m.
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Air frosts | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.2°C | 2.4°C | 65 mm | 6.7 | 54 |
| February | 8.5°C | 2.1°C | 55 mm | 7.2 | 75 |
| March | 10.3°C | 2.8°C | 49 mm | 5.7 | 107 |
| April | 12.6°C | 4.1°C | 52 mm | 3.1 | 157 |
| May | 15.4°C | 6.6°C | 56 mm | 0.8 | 190 |
| June | 18.0°C | 9.2°C | 66 mm | 0.0 | 167 |
| July | 19.7°C | 11.2°C | 60 mm | 0.0 | 153 |
| August | 19.4°C | 10.9°C | 71 mm | 0.0 | 153 |
| September | 17.2°C | 9.0°C | 61 mm | 0.1 | 125 |
| October | 13.7°C | 6.7°C | 82 mm | 1.3 | 102 |
| November | 10.4°C | 4.3°C | 82 mm | 4.0 | 67 |
| December | 8.4°C | 2.6°C | 76 mm | 7.2 | 48 |
| Year | 13.5°C | 6.0°C | 774 mm | 36 | 1,397 |
The table is Casement’s own record, averaged over 1991–2020 from its daily readings (ours, not a Met Éireann table). The rest of the page is Met Éireann’s 1 km grid at Glenealy itself: past 40 km, the station’s frosts and sunshine don’t stand for the town.
How Glenealy 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 Wicklow.
Warmer than it used to be
Glenealy’s 1991–2020 average is 0.2°C warmer than 1981–2010’s. The biggest change is in February (+0.4°C).
A year’s rain is 1,184 mm, up 2% from 1,166 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.
Glenealy and its neighbours
Rathdrum has the coldest January nights next door (2.3°C, 0.6°C colder). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenealy | 19.7°C | 2.9°C | 1,184 mm |
| Rathnew 5.7 km | 19.7°C about the same | 3.3°C about the same | 1,007 mm |
| Ashford 5.7 km | 19.6°C about the same | 2.9°C about the same | 1,086 mm |
| Rathdrum 6.5 km | 19.6°C about the same | 2.3°C 0.6°C colder | 1,273 mm |
| Wicklow 7.0 km | 19.7°C about the same | 3.5°C 0.6°C milder | 942 mm |
| Newcastle 14 km | 19.8°C about the same | 3.5°C 0.6°C milder | 925 mm |
| Newtownmountkennedy 14 km | 19.3°C about the same | 2.7°C about the same | 1,120 mm |
Each town’s colour is Met Éireann’s 1 km grid at its own centre, so towns a few kilometres apart can differ.
Glenealy 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 | 8.5°C | 2.9°C | 5.7°C | 117 mm |
| February | 8.9°C | 2.8°C | 5.9°C | 90 mm |
| March | 10.4°C | 3.7°C | 7.0°C | 87 mm |
| April | 12.5°C | 5.1°C | 8.8°C | 83 mm |
| May | 15.2°C | 7.4°C | 11.3°C | 76 mm |
| June | 17.9°C | 10.0°C | 14.0°C | 80 mm |
| July | 19.7°C | 11.9°C | 15.8°C | 72 mm |
| August | 19.5°C | 11.7°C | 15.6°C | 87 mm |
| September | 17.4°C | 10.0°C | 13.7°C | 93 mm |
| October | 14.0°C | 7.7°C | 10.9°C | 133 mm |
| November | 10.9°C | 5.0°C | 8.0°C | 144 mm |
| December | 8.9°C | 3.3°C | 6.1°C | 125 mm |
| Year | 13.7°C | 6.8°C | 10.2°C | 1,184 mm |
Where Glenealy’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 Glenealy’s population centre (0.3 km away).
- Weather station: the nearest of Met Éireann’s 25 synoptic stations, Casement, 43 km north-west, from Met Éireann’s station list.
- Frosts and degree days: Casement’s daily readings, 1991–2020, 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 Glenealy’s climate
How warm does Glenealy get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 19.7°C.
How cold does Glenealy get in winter?
The coldest nights come in February, averaging 2.8°C. Met Éireann counts frosts only at its weather stations, so there is no frost count for the town itself.
How much rain does Glenealy get?
About 1,184 mm a year, more than 84% of Irish towns. November is the wettest month (144 mm) and July the driest (72 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 Glenealy itself. Its nearest synoptic station is Casement.
Are these figures for Glenealy itself?
Yes: they are Met Éireann’s 1991–2020 averages on its 1 km grid, read at Glenealy’s population centre. The nearest of its synoptic weather stations, Casement, is 43 km north-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 Glenealy’s population centre. They are 30-year averages, not a forecast.
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