Lake · County Mayo · Ireland
Keel Lough
Best for kiting from August to October, with 50 to 54 % kite days. Also windy, but cold (water and air under 12 °C or short days): November to March.
A kite day has at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 knots (gusts up to 45) between 10:00 and 19:00, in daylight. Percentages are the share of such days in each month, counted over 9 years.
- Prime 60 % and more
- Good 40 to 59 %
- Possible 20 to 39 %
- Off under 20 %
- No data hatched
- Ringed: this month
Prime also needs a good month in at least 7 of the 9 years, so one freak year cannot make a month Prime. A month with 60 %+ but fewer good years shows as Good.
Confidence lowLake or river spot: global weather models underestimate local thermal winds here.
Month by month
- Kite days
- 54 % Goodabout 17 of 31 days
- Too light, kiteable, too strong
- Too light 41 %
- Kiteable 54 %
- Too strong 5 %
- Good years
- 5 of 9 years reached 50 % kite days
- Best hours
- 10:00 to 18:00when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots
- Daylight
- 10.6 h
- Air
- 13 °Cdaily maximum, 13 °C during kite hours
- Rain
- 22 of 31with 1 mm or more
- In one sentence
In October, Keel Lough averaged 17 kite days out of 31 (54 %).
| Kite days% of days | 51 | 63 | 53 | 43 | 40 | 46 | 35 | 50 | 52 | 54 | 53 | 53 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verdictshare plus good years | cold | cold | cold | Good | Good | Good | Possible | Good | Good | Good | cold | cold |
| Good yearsof 9, reached 50 % | 6 of 9 | 8 of 9 | 6 of 9 | 3 of 9 | 2 of 9 | 4 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 3 of 9 | 6 of 9 | 5 of 9 | 7 of 9 | 5 of 9 |
| Best hourshour of day, most often 12 to 35 kn | 10 to 16 | 10 to 17 | 10 to 17 | 10 to 18 | 10 to 19 | 10 to 19 | 13 to 18 | 10 to 19 | 11 to 18 | 10 to 18 | 10 to 16 | 10 to 15 |
| Daylighth | 8.0 | 9.7 | 11.8 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 16.6 | 14.9 | 12.8 | 10.6 | 8.6 | 7.5 |
| Air°C, daily maximum | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 9 |
| Rain days1 mm or more | 21 of 31 | 21 of 28 | 19 of 31 | 17 of 30 | 16 of 31 | 20 of 30 | 22 of 31 | 23 of 31 | 20 of 30 | 22 of 31 | 22 of 30 | 24 of 31 |
- In January, Keel Lough averaged 16 kite days out of 31 (51 %).
- In February, Keel Lough averaged 18 kite days out of 28 (63 %).
- In March, Keel Lough averaged 17 kite days out of 31 (53 %).
- In April, Keel Lough averaged 13 kite days out of 30 (43 %).
- In May, Keel Lough averaged 12 kite days out of 31 (40 %).
- In June, Keel Lough averaged 14 kite days out of 30 (46 %).
- In July, Keel Lough averaged 11 kite days out of 31 (35 %).
- In August, Keel Lough averaged 15 kite days out of 31 (50 %).
- In September, Keel Lough averaged 15 kite days out of 30 (52 %).
- In October, Keel Lough averaged 17 kite days out of 31 (54 %).
- In November, Keel Lough averaged 16 kite days out of 30 (53 %).
- In December, Keel Lough averaged 16 kite days out of 31 (53 %).
Good year: at least half the days of that month were kite days. Trip odds are hidden here: at low confidence the model does not see this spot's wind well enough to count on. Best hours: the hours from 10:00 on when the wind most often reaches 12 to 35 knots. Rain day: 1 mm or more of rain.
Source: ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly model wind, 2017 to 2025; water temperature 2023 to 2025. How we count kite days and trip odds
Trip odds at Keel Lough
Trip odds are hidden here: at low confidence the model does not see this spot's wind well enough to count on.
How the wind behaves
In February, the windiest month
- Too light 25 %
- Kiteable 63 %
- Too strong 12 %
Too light on 25 %, kiteable on 63 %, too strong on 12 % of days.
Best hours: 10:00 to 17:00, when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots.
Share of kite days by wind direction, 16 sectors
Wind mostly from SW (225°), fairly steady direction.
Kitesurfing at Keel Lough: quick answers
When is the best time to kitesurf at Keel Lough?
The best months are August to October: from 2017 to 2025, 50 to 54 % of days in those months were kite days.
Is Keel Lough windy in October?
Yes, often. 54 % of days in October were kite days from 2017 to 2025, about 17 days in a typical October.
How many kite days does Keel Lough get in a year?
About 180 days a year were kite days from 2017 to 2025, out of 365. A kite day has at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 kn model wind between 10:00 and 19:00 in daylight, with gusts up to 45 kn.
Live forecast
The numbers above are long term averages. The forecast shows the next days.
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Spot facts
- Region
- County Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- Water body
- Lake, from Natural Earth map data
- Nearest airport
- Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC), 82 km straight line. Flights are not sold here; this is for planning only.
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 in October
- Coordinates
- 53.9786, -10.0626
- Model
- ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly
Conditions, checked against kite guides
Water state, flat areas, waves and whether schools teach here, from kite sources, not from satellite images.
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Nearby kite spots in County Mayo
Kite days in October, % of days
- Keel Beach
Ireland · 26 points more kite days than Keel Lough in October
80 %Kite days by month at Keel Beach: Jan 75 %, Feb 87 %, Mar 74 %, Apr 69 %, May 66 %, Jun 74 %, Jul 61 %, Aug 69 %, Sep 73 %, Oct 80 %, Nov 80 %, Dec 76 % - Doogort
Ireland · 15 points more kite days than Keel Lough in October
69 %Kite days by month at Doogort: Jan 62 %, Feb 82 %, Mar 67 %, Apr 55 %, May 50 %, Jun 59 %, Jul 47 %, Aug 58 %, Sep 62 %, Oct 69 %, Nov 69 %, Dec 67 % - Aghleam
Ireland · 30 points more kite days than Keel Lough in October
84 %Kite days by month at Aghleam: Jan 80 %, Feb 83 %, Mar 79 %, Apr 73 %, May 68 %, Jun 79 %, Jul 69 %, Aug 76 %, Sep 79 %, Oct 84 %, Nov 80 %, Dec 77 % - Clew Bay, Mulranny
Ireland · 13 points fewer kite days than Keel Lough in October
41 %Kite days by month at Clew Bay, Mulranny: Jan 37 %, Feb 56 %, Mar 43 %, Apr 32 %, May 26 %, Jun 31 %, Jul 23 %, Aug 39 %, Sep 37 %, Oct 41 %, Nov 33 %, Dec 41 % - Claggan Island
Ireland · 14 points more kite days than Keel Lough in October
68 %Kite days by month at Claggan Island: Jan 64 %, Feb 83 %, Mar 66 %, Apr 56 %, May 50 %, Jun 60 %, Jul 48 %, Aug 60 %, Sep 62 %, Oct 68 %, Nov 69 %, Dec 68 % - Drum
Ireland · 30 points more kite days than Keel Lough in October
84 %Kite days by month at Drum: Jan 78 %, Feb 84 %, Mar 75 %, Apr 69 %, May 64 %, Jun 74 %, Jul 64 %, Aug 74 %, Sep 76 %, Oct 84 %, Nov 79 %, Dec 76 % - Carrownisky Strand
Ireland · 6 points more kite days than Keel Lough in October
60 %Kite days by month at Carrownisky Strand: Jan 57 %, Feb 77 %, Mar 59 %, Apr 47 %, May 43 %, Jun 52 %, Jul 39 %, Aug 53 %, Sep 55 %, Oct 60 %, Nov 58 %, Dec 61 % - Clew Bay, Bertra Strand
Ireland · 4 points fewer kite days than Keel Lough in October
50 %Kite days by month at Clew Bay, Bertra Strand: Jan 41 %, Feb 66 %, Mar 51 %, Apr 39 %, May 33 %, Jun 42 %, Jul 32 %, Aug 45 %, Sep 43 %, Oct 50 %, Nov 40 %, Dec 47 %
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kiteCOMPASS · method k3h-10to19-v1 · 2017 to 2025
Model wind: ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly, 2017 to 2025. Water temperature: 2023 to 2025. Kite day: at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 kn model wind between 10:00 and 19:00 in daylight, with gusts up to 45 kn. Confidence: low.
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In October, 54 % of days at Keel Lough met the kiteCOMPASS kite day rule: at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 kn model wind between 10:00 and 19:00 in daylight, with gusts up to 45 kn (ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly, 2017 to 2025). https://kitecompass.app/spot/keel-lough
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