Portlaoise climate

Portlaoise Weather in August

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Portlaoise, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 19°C on August 1 to 18°C on August 31, and lows from 11°C to 10°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 93 mm over about 19 wet days.

August day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Portlaoise, in °C, with the record for each date.051015202530151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

August at a glance

Average high
19°C
Average low
11°C
Precipitation
93 mm
Reanalysis high
26°CAug 2, 1995
Reanalysis low
5°CAug 30, 2010
Daylight
15 h 36 min to 13 h 44 min
Cloud cover
77%
Humidity
86%
Dew point
12°C
Wind
16.6 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Aug 119°C11°C25°C 19958°C 201565%
Aug 219°C11°C26°C 19959°C 199164%
Aug 319°C11°C24°C 19958°C 202062%
Aug 419°C11°C24°C 19958°C 199362%
Aug 519°C11°C26°C 20038°C 199361%
Aug 619°C11°C24°C 20038°C 199660%
Aug 719°C11°C26°C 20037°C 199660%
Aug 819°C11°C25°C 20037°C 201759%
Aug 919°C11°C24°C 20038°C 201859%
Aug 1019°C11°C24°C 19977°C 201860%
Aug 1119°C11°C24°C 20207°C 199359%
Aug 1219°C11°C24°C 20207°C 201958%
Aug 1319°C11°C24°C 20015°C 199358%
Aug 1419°C11°C22°C 19957°C 199258%
Aug 1519°C11°C23°C 19955°C 199359%
Aug 1619°C11°C24°C 19957°C 199360%
Aug 1719°C11°C25°C 19957°C 201161%
Aug 1818°C11°C25°C 19956°C 199262%
Aug 1918°C11°C25°C 19957°C 201461%
Aug 2018°C10°C25°C 19956°C 201461%
Aug 2118°C10°C23°C 19957°C 201460%
Aug 2218°C10°C22°C 20036°C 201459%
Aug 2318°C10°C23°C 20036°C 201457%
Aug 2418°C10°C23°C 20036°C 201555%
Aug 2518°C10°C22°C 20005°C 201554%
Aug 2618°C10°C22°C 19956°C 201154%
Aug 2718°C10°C22°C 19916°C 199852%
Aug 2818°C10°C24°C 19917°C 199251%
Aug 2918°C10°C24°C 19916°C 201050%
Aug 3018°C10°C22°C 19915°C 201049%
Aug 3118°C10°C22°C 19936°C 201048%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Portlaoise, in percent.0204060801102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+1).

August 1
sunrise 5:47 AM, sunset 9:23 PM
August 31
sunrise 6:37 AM, sunset 8:21 PM

Every day of August: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.