Kilkenny reaches record breaking temperature in May
Published 4th Jun 2026, 17:34 GMT
In Kilkenny it reached 30.8°C last month
Kilkenny basked in record-breaking temperatures throughout May, with weeks of blue skies, soaring heat and blazing sunshine making it one of the warmest and sunniest months ever recorded in the county.
The month of May was a record breaking one locally, according to Kilkenny Weather.
“It was the first time a temperature of 30°C or more was recorded in the month of May,” read a post on social media.
“In Kilkenny it reached 30.8°C on the 26th, enough to put it in joint second place of the Met Éireann climatological stations,” the post added.