County Wexford climate

Monthly averages for Wexford, 2021–2025 · Leinster

Wexford, the "sunny south-east", is the sunniest county in Ireland and one of the driest, sheltered by the Blackstairs Mountains. Its south coast is mild, and spring arrives early.

Rain: about 1201 mm falls in a year at Wexford, on roughly 166 days, making Wexford the 12th wettest of the 32 counties. October is the wettest month (161 mm) and August the driest (63 mm).

Temperature: July is the warmest month, with afternoons averaging 20°C, and January the coldest, with nights averaging 3°C. Frost is rare.

Sunshine: about 2756 hours a year, the 1st sunniest of the 32 counties. June is the sunniest month (11.4 hours a day) and December the dullest (3.5).

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Rainfall

Average total rainfall each month, in millimetres. 1201 mm a year.

Temperature

Bars run from the average night-time low to the average daytime high, in °C.

Sunshine

Hours of sunshine on an average day in each month. About 2756 hours a year.

Wexford and its neighbours
County	Rain mm/yr	Rain days	July high	January low	Sun h/yr
Wexford	1201	166	20°C	3°C	2756
Carlow	985	162	20°C	2°C	2457
Kilkenny	1046	164	19°C	2°C	2460
Waterford	1255	165	20°C	3°C	2586
Wicklow	1132	168	19°C	3°C	2716

Recent extremes, 2021–2025

Hottest day: 27.4°C on 14 August 2022
Coldest night: −4.5°C on 16 December 2022
Wettest day: 41.0 mm on 18 October 2023
Wettest month: October 2022, 236 mm
Driest month: April 2021, 15 mm

Ireland's all-time records are on the records page.

Wexford month by month
Month	High °C	Low °C	Rain mm	Rain days	Sun h/day	Wind km/h
January	8	3	94	13	4.4	17
February	10	5	97	13	4.7	20
March	11	5	103	14	6.9	18
April	12	6	78	13	9.1	15
May	15	9	88	14	11.2	14
June	18	11	70	12	11.4	15
July	20	13	86	15	10.7	14
August	19	13	63	13	10.2	15
September	17	11	124	14	8.0	15
October	14	9	161	17	5.7	17
November	11	6	117	15	4.6	18
December	10	5	120	13	3.5	20
Year	14	8	1201	166	2756 h	16

Figures are averages for 2021–2025 at each county town, from the ERA5 weather reanalysis via Open-Meteo. They describe typical lowland weather in each county; hills and exposed coasts are wetter and windier.

Bordering counties: Carlow · Kilkenny · Waterford · Wicklow. All counties: rainfall, temperature, sunshine.