Editing Ireland (section)

===Climate===
{{Main|Climate of Ireland}}

The island's lush vegetation, a product of its mild climate and frequent rainfall, earns it the sobriquet ''the Emerald Isle''. Overall, Ireland has a mild but changeable [[oceanic climate]] with few extremes. The climate is typically insular and [[Temperate climate|temperate]], avoiding the extremes in temperature of many other areas in the world at similar latitudes.<ref name="MEclimate">{{cite web |title=Climate of Ireland |website=Climate |publisher={{lang|ga|Met Éireann}} |url=http://www.met.ie/climate/climate-of-ireland.asp |access-date=11 November 2008 |archive-date=9 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209072328/http://www.met.ie/climate/climate-of-ireland.asp |url-status=live }}</ref> This is a result of the moist winds which ordinarily prevail from the southwestern Atlantic.

Precipitation falls throughout the year but is light overall, particularly in the east. The west tends to be wetter on average and prone to Atlantic storms, especially in the late autumn and winter months. These occasionally bring destructive winds and higher total rainfall to these areas, as well as sometimes snow and hail. The regions of north County Galway and east County Mayo have the highest incidents of recorded lightning annually for the island, with lightning occurring approximately five to ten days per year in these areas.<ref name="MErainfall">{{cite web |title=Rainfall |website=Climate |publisher={{lang|ga|Met Éireann}} |url=http://www.met.ie/climate/rainfall.asp |access-date=5 November 2008 |archive-date=2 June 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070602061707/http://www.met.ie/climate/rainfall.asp |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Munster]], in the south, records the least snow whereas [[Ulster]], in the north, records the most.

Inland areas are warmer in summer and colder in winter. Usually around 40 days of the year are below freezing {{nowrap|0&nbsp;°C}} {{nowrap|(32&nbsp;°F)}} at inland [[weather station]]s, compared to 10 days at coastal stations. Ireland is sometimes affected by heat waves, most recently in 1995, [[2003 European heat wave|2003]], [[2006 European heat wave#Ireland|2006]], 2013 and [[2018 British Isles heat wave|2018]]. In common with the rest of Europe, Ireland experienced unusually cold weather during [[Winter of 2010–11 in Great Britain and Ireland|the winter of 2010–11]]. Temperatures fell as low as −17.2&nbsp;°C (1&nbsp;°F) in County Mayo on 20 December<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/subzero-temperatures-make-2010-a-recordbreaking-year-26609480.html |title=Sub-zero temperatures make 2010 a record-breaking year |first=Kevin |last=Keane |work=[[Irish Independent]] |date=28 December 2010 |access-date=21 July 2011 |archive-date=9 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130309083235/http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/subzero-temperatures-make-2010-a-recordbreaking-year-26609480.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and up to a metre (3&nbsp;ft) of snow fell in mountainous areas.

{{Weather box
|location = Ireland
|metric first = Yes
|single line = Yes
|Jan record high C = 18.5
|Feb record high C = 18.1
|Mar record high C = 23.6
|Apr record high C = 25.8
|May record high C = 28.4
|Jun record high C = 33.3
|Jul record high C = 33.0
|Aug record high C = 32.1
|Sep record high C = 29.1
|Oct record high C = 25.2
|Nov record high C = 20.1
|Dec record high C = 18.1
|year record high C =33.3
|Jan record low C = −19.1
|Feb record low C = −17.8
|Mar record low C = −17.2
|Apr record low C = −7.7
|May record low C = −5.6
|Jun record low C = -3.3
|Jul record low C = -0.3
|Aug record low C = -2.7
|Sep record low C = −3.0
|Oct record low C = −8.3
|Nov record low C = −11.5
|Dec record low C = −17.5
|year record low C = −19.1
|source 1 = {{lang|ga|Met Éireann}}<ref name=Metrecords>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161216004316/http://www.met.ie/climate-ireland/weather-extremes.asp |archive-date=16 December 2016 |url=http://www.met.ie/climate-ireland/weather-extremes.asp |title=Irish Weather Extremes |publisher=Met Éireann |access-date=15 December 2016}}</ref>
|source 2 = The Irish Times (November record high)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/balmy-start-to-november-sees-record-temperatures-1.2414099|title=Balmy start to November sees record temperatures|author=Dan Griffin|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|date=2 November 2015|access-date=2 November 2015|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081651/http://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/balmy-start-to-november-sees-record-temperatures-1.2414099|url-status=live}}</ref>
|date=January 2011
}}