Climate averages 1991–2020
Limerick weather
in February.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Limerick: daytime highs average 8.6°C and nights cool to about 3.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 80 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 50 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Galway (73 km away). In February its highs average 8.5°C, about as warm as Limerick, with 85 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Ireland, Limerick ranks 2nd of 5 for the warmest February highs and 4th of 5 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 5 cities is 8.4°C; Limerick is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 10.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 80 mm to 76 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Limerick climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.1°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 94 | 15.4 | 8.28 h |
| February, selected | 8.6°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 80 | 13.1 | 9.810 h |
| March | 10.2°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 76 | 13.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.5°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 76 | 13.6 | 13.914 h |
| May | 15.2°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 77 | 14.2 | 15.716 h |
| June | 17.5°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 77 | 12.6 | 16.817 h |
| July | 18.7°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 83 | 14.2 | 16.316 h |
| August | 18.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 89 | 14.0 | 14.715 h |
| September | 16.5°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 76 | 12.7 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.4°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 89 | 14.1 | 10.711 h |
| November | 10.2°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 96 | 15.0 | 8.89 h |
| December | 8.4°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 99 | 15.0 | 7.78 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
February in nearby cities
- Galway in FebruaryIreland · 73 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 3.5°C · 85 mm rain
- Cork in FebruaryIreland · 86 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 4.4°C · 65 mm rain
- Tallaght in FebruaryIreland · 166 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low 2.8°C · 57 mm rain
- Dublin in FebruaryIreland · 175 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low 3.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Lisburn in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 268 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low 3.0°C · 63 mm rain
- Derry in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 273 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low 3.0°C · 76 mm rain
- Belfast in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 279 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 3.8°C · 63 mm rain
- Douglas in FebruaryIsle of Man · 320 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low 5.4°C · 76 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Limerick) is explained once on the Limerick year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.