Climate
As with the rest of the British Isles, Enniskillen 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 Lough Navar Forest, about 8.5 miles North West of Enniskillen. Data has also more recently been collected from Enniskillen Airport/ St Angelo, under 4 miles to the North of the town centre, which should, in time, give a more accurate representation of the climate of the Enniskillen area.
The absolute maximum temperature is 29.8 °C (85.6 °F), recorded during July 2006. In an 'average' year, the warmest day is 25.5 °C (77.9 °F) and only 2.4 days a year should rise to 25.1 °C (77.2 °F) or above. The respective absolute maximum for St Angelo is 29.4 °C (84.9 °F)
The absolute minimum temperature is −12.9 °C (8.8 °F), recorded during January 1984. In an 'average' year, the coldest night should fall to −8.2 °C (17.2 °F). Lough Navar is a frosty location, with some 76 air frosts recorded in a typical year. It is likely Enniskillen town centre is significantly less frosty than this. The absolute minimum at St Angelo is −14.5 °C (5.9 °F), reported during the record cold month of December 2010.
The warmest month on record at St Angelo was August 1995 with a mean temperature of 18.8 °C (65.8 °F) (mean maximum 23.3 °C (73.9 °F), mean minimum 12.9 °C (55.2 °F), while the coldest month was December 2010, with a mean temperature of −1.8 °C (28.8 °F) (mean maximum 2.9 °C (37.2 °F), mean minimum −5.9 °C (21.4 °F).
Rainfall is high, averaging over 1500mm. 212 days of the year report at least 1mm of precipitation, ranging from 15 days during April, May and June, to 20 days in October, November, December, January and March.
| Climate data for Lough Navar Forest 126m asl 1971-2000, extremes 1960- (Weather station 8.5 miles (14 km) North West of Enniskillen) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 13.0 (55.4) |
15.4 (59.7) |
20.0 (68.0) |
23.2 (73.8) |
26.1 (79.0) |
28.8 (83.8) |
29.8 (85.6) |
28.0 (82.4) |
23.2 (73.8) |
19.5 (67.1) |
16.8 (62.2) |
13.8 (56.8) |
29.8 (85.6) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 6.4 (43.5) |
7.0 (44.6) |
8.9 (48.0) |
11.5 (52.7) |
14.5 (58.1) |
16.6 (61.9) |
18.3 (64.9) |
18.1 (64.6) |
15.6 (60.1) |
12.2 (54.0) |
8.8 (47.8) |
7.0 (44.6) |
12.08 (53.74) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 0.3 (32.5) |
0.5 (32.9) |
1.4 (34.5) |
2.2 (36.0) |
4.3 (39.7) |
7.4 (45.3) |
9.7 (49.5) |
9.2 (48.6) |
7.1 (44.8) |
5.1 (41.2) |
2.1 (35.8) |
1.2 (34.2) |
4.21 (39.57) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −12.9 (8.8) |
−10.5 (13.1) |
−11.6 (11.1) |
−7.3 (18.9) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
1.0 (33.8) |
0.2 (32.4) |
−2.6 (27.3) |
−7.2 (19.0) |
−8.4 (16.9) |
−12.8 (9.0) |
−12.9 (8.8) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 163.38 (6.4323) |
123.19 (4.85) |
136.81 (5.3862) |
93.85 (3.6949) |
87.4 (3.441) |
93.39 (3.6768) |
101.37 (3.9909) |
117.45 (4.624) |
123.94 (4.8795) |
155.7 (6.13) |
157.26 (6.1913) |
169.1 (6.657) |
1,522.84 (59.9543) |
| Source #1: YR.NO
date=September 2011 |
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| Source #2: Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute | |||||||||||||
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