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Weather extremes
How extreme does Drogheda's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Drogheda has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.
The four kinds of extreme
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Drogheda has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.
That is about 23°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Drogheda (typical high near 68°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 28°F colder than a normal January night in Drogheda (typical low near 36°F).
The three most extreme on record
More rain in a single day than Drogheda usually gets in the whole month of August (typical August total about 2.6 in).
The three most extreme on record
How hot and cold it gets, month by month
The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.
Drogheda's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 91°F is about 23°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.
In plain terms
Methodology & sources
Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 29 years of daily observations at Dublin Phoenix Park, a weather station, about 40 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.