Ireland
has
a maritime climate which is influenced by the warm waters of the Gulf Stream,
and in the path of the prevailing southwesterly winds coming from the Atlantic
Ocean.
This makes for equitable conditions
over the whole country and means Ireland is never exposed to extremes of
weather.
The coldest months are January
and February, while July and August are the warmest. Over the year it generally
gets no colder than 1degree Celsius(33.8F) or warmer than about 20 degrees
Celsius (68 F). Ireland is renowned for its rain.
It can rain at any time of the
year, but does so most often in the winter and in the western half of the
country. About eighty percent of the country has annual rainfall of between
30 (75 centimeters) and 50 inches (125 centimeters). The highest peaks
in the western mountains receive about 100 inches (250 centimeters) of
rain annually. |
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