The Climate of Ireland

Ireland has got a maritime climate with mildsea.
winters and cool summers with no extremes ofPrecipitation:
temperature. The following is a brief sketch of itsThe precipitation in Ireland is mostly in the form
temperature and precipitation.of rain except for a few spells in winter when it
Temperaturecomes as snow. But consistent snowfall is not a
Since no part of the island is situated very farregular feature of the climate of Ireland except
away from the sea, so Ireland enjoys aon the mountains. Total annual precipitation in
temperate climate. There is no great differenceIreland varies from 32 in. (800 mm ) to 48 in. (
between its winter and summer temperature.1200mm) which is uniformly spread over each
The average temperature of the coldest month,month of the year.Such precipitation is enough to
January, is 41F (5C) while that of the warmestsupport thick forests. No doubt, then, that much
month, July,is only 59 F (15 C ). Thus there is anof Ireland is covered with thick forests that have
annual range of only 18 F (10 C). The northernearned it the name "Emerald Island".
part of the island is a little cooler than theHence, Ireland has got a temperate climate with
southern part but the real cool places in winterno extremes of temperature an abundance of
and real warm places in summer are the interiorrainfall to support thick forests.
of the island which are farther away from the