<P> The climate of Ireland is mild, moist and changeable with abundant rainfall and a lack of temperature extremes . Ireland's climate is defined as a temperate oceanic climate, or Cfb on the Köppen climate classification system, a classification it shares with most of northwest Europe . The country receives generally cool summers and mild winters . It is considerably warmer than other areas on its latitude, because it lies in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean, and as a result is warmed by the North Atlantic Current all year . </P> <P> As a small island downwind of a large ocean, the climate of Ireland is profoundly impacted by that ocean . The Atlantic overturning circulation, which includes ocean currents such as the North Atlantic Current, moves heat northwards, which is then carried by the prevailing winds towards Ireland . </P>

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