Climate
As with the rest of Ireland, Antrim experiences a maritime climate with cool summers and mild winters. The nearest official Met Office weather station for which online records are available is at Aldergrove, under 4 miles to the south of the town centre.
In a typical year the warmest day should reach a temperature of 25.4 °C (77.7 °F) and 2.1 days should attain a temperature of 25.1 °C (77.2 °F) or above in total.
The coldest night of the year averages −6.6 °C (20.1 °F) and 39 nights should register an air frost. The absolute minimum temperature of −14.2 °C (6.4 °F) was reported during the record cold spell of December 2010. In total during that month 10 nights fell to −10 °C (14.0 °F) or below, and the 21st recorded a daytime maximum of just −7.7 °C (18.1 °F)
| Climate data for Aldergrove 63m asl, 1971-2000, Extremes 1926- (Weather Station 3.8 Miles South of Antrim) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 14.0 (57.2) |
14.9 (58.8) |
20.2 (68.4) |
21.8 (71.2) |
26.1 (79.0) |
29.0 (84.2) |
29.4 (84.9) |
28.0 (82.4) |
25.6 (78.1) |
21.8 (71.2) |
16.4 (61.5) |
14.4 (57.9) |
29.4 (84.9) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 6.8 (44.2) |
7.3 (45.1) |
9.1 (48.4) |
11.6 (52.9) |
14.7 (58.5) |
17.1 (62.8) |
19.0 (66.2) |
18.6 (65.5) |
16.1 (61.0) |
12.8 (55.0) |
9.3 (48.7) |
7.5 (45.5) |
12.5 (54.5) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 1.5 (34.7) |
1.6 (34.9) |
2.6 (36.7) |
3.9 (39.0) |
6.3 (43.3) |
9.1 (48.4) |
11.4 (52.5) |
11.1 (52.0) |
9.1 (48.4) |
6.8 (44.2) |
3.5 (38.3) |
2.3 (36.1) |
5.8 (42.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −12.8 (9.0) |
−11.7 (10.9) |
−12.2 (10.0) |
−5.1 (22.8) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
2.2 (36.0) |
1.1 (34.0) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
−8.6 (16.5) |
−14.2 (6.4) |
−14.2 (6.4) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 86.9 (3.421) |
59.7 (2.35) |
68.1 (2.681) |
56.9 (2.24) |
56.3 (2.217) |
60.8 (2.394) |
66.2 (2.606) |
76.5 (3.012) |
80.1 (3.154) |
88.0 (3.465) |
79.6 (3.134) |
83.3 (3.28) |
862.4 (33.953) |
| Avg. rainy days | 15.3 | 11.9 | 14.5 | 11.0 | 11.4 | 11.2 | 12.2 | 13.0 | 12.9 | 13.9 | 14.1 | 14.3 | 155.7 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 45.6 | 64.4 | 93.3 | 150.6 | 189.4 | 166.5 | 151.9 | 146.0 | 117.6 | 90.5 | 58.5 | 39.4 | 1,313.7 |
| Source: Met Office | |||||||||||||
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