Hottest place in Ireland in July was in Cork with 24.1C temperature

A Cork weather station recorded the highest temperature in the country last month, according to Met Éireann’s weather statement for July 2024

Overall, the month was described by the national forecaster as “cool”, with all mean air temperatures across the country below their long-term average.

The month’s highest temperature was reported at Moorepark, in Fermoy, on Wednesday, July 31, with a temperature of 24.1C.

Meanwhile, the month’s lowest air temperature was recorded on Monday, July 8 at Mount Dillon, in Roscommon, with a temperature of 4.7C, while the lowest grass minimum was -0.1C, reported at Mullingar in Westmeath on Friday, July 5.

Five stations, Met Éireann said, had their coldest July since 2015 and 12 stations had their lowest mean minimum for July since 2015.

In its monthly weather statement, the forecaster described July 2024 as “cool overall, relatively dry and quite dull at times”.

“The first third of the month was particularly cool, with persistent low pressure to the north and northeast feeding in a Polar maritime air mass over the country in a westerly or north-westerly airflow,” the July statement said.

“This brought frontal rain or showers, at times, interspersed with drier periods.

“Low pressure moved up from the south on Tuesday 9th, bringing a period of heavier rain to the south and east of the country.

“The second third of the month was drier, especially in the south and east.

“High pressure, initially to the west, moved in over the country for a few days, before pulling away to the north.”

The remaining third of the month was mixed, owing to what the forecaster said was “low pressure to the north, in control initially, bringing bands of rain or showers, before high pressure to the south gradually built north, bringing a drier and warmer finish to the month, with more sunshine”.

Nearly all of the rainfall totals were below their 1981-2010 long-term average for the month.

Percentage of monthly rainfall values ranged from 50% (monthly rainfall total of 38.8 mm) at Sherkin Island, off the coast of Cork, to 102% at both Belmullet, in Mayo (monthly rainfall total of 80.6mm), and Knock Airport, in Mayo (monthly rainfall total of 97.3mm).