The weather in Ireland has few extremes. Overall, Ireland has a
mild but changeable Oceanic climate. The warmest recorded
temperature was 33.3 Celsius (91.94 Fahrenheit) at Kilkenny
Castle, County Kilkenny on June 26, 1887. The lowest recorded
temperature was −19.1 Celsius (−2.38 Fahrenheit) at Markree
Castle, County Sligo on January 16, 1881. Ireland weather can be
rainy. Statistics show that the greatest recorded annual
rainfall was 3,964.9 mm (156.1 inches) in the Ballaghbeena Gap
in 1960. 1887 was the driest year on record, with only 356.6 mm
(14.0 inches) of rain recorded at Glasnevin. The longest period
of drought was in Limerick, where there was no recorded rainfall
over 38 days during April and May 1938. Weather in Ireland is
typically insular, and as a result of the moderating moist winds
which ordinarily prevail from the southwestern Atlantic, it is
temperate, avoiding the extremes in temperature of many other
areas in the world at similar latitudes. Ireland weather does
feature precipitation throug