class="apple-converted-space"> 20 °C (68 °F) and the average daily minimum in
January of 3 °C (37 °F). The highest temperature
recorded was 31.6 °C (88.9 °F) in 1995, and the lowest −11.4 °C (11.5 °F) in 2010. Limerick is the cloudiest
city in the state, averaging only 1,295 sunshine hours annually, 3.5 hours of
sunshine every day. There are on average 59 days of no recordable sunshine, 6
days of thunder, 19 days of hail and 8 days of snow per year. Shannon Airport
is located by the ocean at an altitude of 14 metres, so snow would be less
common at the station than in the city itself.
