At the heart of the area known as the 'Sunny South East', Kilkenny city is nationally renowned for its extremes of temperature. This is due to its continental type climate, and also because it is the area of the country least affected by the sea. Temperatures have been recorded since the Met Station was established in Kilkenny in 1957. However, the highest temperature ever recorded in Ireland was back on 26th June 1887 in Kilkenny Castle when the thermometer shot up to 33.3 C. At the other extreme, Kilkenny experiences an average of 4 days per year with snow lying, 9 days per year with hail, and 5 days per year with thunderstorms.
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