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Overview

The Climate Change Projection Maps viewer has been developed to help you understand current and projected future climate conditions for Ireland. Before you start using the tool, it is recommended that you familiarise yourself with Climate Modelling.

The Climate Data Explorer provides three types of climate information:

  • Observed Climate Information: average historical climate data on variables including temperature and precipitation for the period 1976-2005.
  • Climate Change Projections (standardised and bias-corrected): future projections of changes for variables such as temperature and precipitation for a selection of time periods, scenarios and global warming levels (from Met Éireann's TRANSLATE project - O'Brien and Nolan (2023)).
  • Climate Change Projections (non-standardised): future projections of changes for variables such as snowfall, driving rain and wind energy for the period 2041-2060 (these projections come from Nolan and Flanagan (2020) and are compared to 1981-2000, rather than the TRANSLATE parameters). As further results come from standardised projects these maps will be replaced.

Data Sources

Observed Climate Information is based on TRANSLATE and Climate Change Projections are based on TRANSLATE along with Nolan and Flanagan (2020) for some variables.

Disclaimer

This website is provided for information purposes only. Climate Ireland makes every effort to ensure that the information is accurate and up-to-date. However, Climate Ireland is not liable for any damages arising out of, or in connection with the use of Climate Ireland.

All ‘TRANSLATE’ data linked is published “as is”. The Information is licensed 'as is' and the Information Provider and/or Licensor excludes all representations, warranties, obligations and liabilities in relation to the Information to the maximum extent permitted by law.

The Information Provider and/or Licensor are not liable for any errors or omissions in the Information and shall not be liable for any loss, injury or damage of any kind caused by its use. The Information Provider does not guarantee the continued supply of the Information.