Climate
Armagh has, like most of Ireland, a temperate maritime climate (Cfb) according to the Köppen climate classification system. The nearest Met Office standard weather station, at Armagh Observatory, provides long term weather data back to 1844. During that time, the highest temperature to be recorded was 30.3 °C (86.5 °F) on the 10th July 1934. The lowest temperature was −15.1 °C (4.8 °F) on the 7th February 1895.
Typically, the warmest day of the year will reach 26.1 °C (79.0 °F), and 3.7 days a year should attain a maximum temperature of 25.1 °C (77.2 °F) or above.
Typically the coldest night of the year should fall to −6.8 °C (19.8 °F) and 40.4 nights should register an air frost. All averages refer to the 1971-2000 observation period.
| Climate data for Armagh Weather Observing Station 1971-2000, extremes 1844- | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 14.7 (58.5) |
15.9 (60.6) |
21.7 (71.1) |
22.6 (72.7) |
26.2 (79.2) |
30.0 (86.0) |
30.3 (86.5) |
29.4 (84.9) |
26.7 (80.1) |
21.7 (71.1) |
16.8 (62.2) |
15.0 (59.0) |
30.3 (86.5) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 7 (45) |
7.6 (45.7) |
9.7 (49.5) |
12.2 (54.0) |
15.2 (59.4) |
17.7 (63.9) |
19.6 (67.3) |
19.2 (66.6) |
16.6 (61.9) |
13 (55) |
9.5 (49.1) |
7.6 (45.7) |
12.9 (55.2) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 1.7 (35.1) |
1.7 (35.1) |
2.9 (37.2) |
4 (39) |
6.3 (43.3) |
9.1 (48.4) |
11.4 (52.5) |
11 (52) |
9 (48) |
6.7 (44.1) |
3.5 (38.3) |
2.4 (36.3) |
5.81 (42.45) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −14.3 (6.3) |
−15.1 (4.8) |
−12.4 (9.7) |
−7.1 (19.2) |
−2.3 (27.9) |
0.8 (33.4) |
1.7 (35.1) |
2.3 (36.1) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
−5.6 (21.9) |
−8.3 (17.1) |
−14.6 (5.7) |
−15.1 (4.8) |
| Rainfall mm (inches) | 79.8 (3.142) |
57.5 (2.264) |
64.9 (2.555) |
55.4 (2.181) |
54.4 (2.142) |
55.7 (2.193) |
52.3 (2.059) |
71.9 (2.831) |
67.1 (2.642) |
81.1 (3.193) |
72.1 (2.839) |
83.4 (3.283) |
795.6 (31.323) |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 44 | 61.9 | 89.3 | 133.2 | 165.2 | 141.6 | 134.9 | 133 | 110.7 | 86.5 | 57 | 34.4 | 1,191.7 |
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