Climate
Rosslare has an oceanic climate with cool and foggy days for most of the year. Average annual temperature is 10.6C (51.1F). The average annual precipitation is 905mm, and that falls on 125 days. As mentioned above the average annual sunshine hours in Rosslare are 1,600, the highest in Ireland.
| Climate data for Rosslare, County Wexford, elevation 26m, (1978-2007) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 8.8 (47.8) |
8.5 (47.3) |
9.9 (49.8) |
11.3 (52.3) |
13.6 (56.5) |
16.3 (61.3) |
18.3 (64.9) |
18.5 (65.3) |
16.8 (62.2) |
14.0 (57.2) |
11.3 (52.3) |
9.5 (49.1) |
13.07 (55.52) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 4.2 (39.6) |
4.1 (39.4) |
5.1 (41.2) |
6.3 (43.3) |
8.6 (47.5) |
11 (52) |
12.7 (54.9) |
13 (55) |
11.6 (52.9) |
9.3 (48.7) |
6.7 (44.1) |
5.2 (41.4) |
8.15 (46.67) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 88.4 (3.48) |
70.8 (2.787) |
69.1 (2.72) |
59.1 (2.327) |
55.7 (2.193) |
54.9 (2.161) |
49.9 (1.965) |
71.6 (2.819) |
75.0 (2.953) |
109.3 (4.303) |
100.9 (3.972) |
100.8 (3.969) |
905.5 (35.65) |
| Avg. precipitation days (≥ 1 mm) | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 125 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 60.34 | 75.72 | 114.14 | 173.88 | 214.86 | 189.9 | 199.45 | 191.1 | 146.07 | 105.53 | 73.34 | 55.2 | 1,599.53 |
| Source #1: Met Éireann | |||||||||||||
| Source #2: European Climate Assessment & Dataset, | |||||||||||||
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