Ireland officially had the gloomiest summer in the last 26 years according to Met Eireann, Ireland’s state meteorologists.
The experts say that while the north-west, for example Donegal and Sligo, enjoyed a little more sunshine than the rest of the country, “It’s been a bad few months and the weather hasn’t been kind to Ireland,” said a spokesperson for Met Eireann.
She said, “The amount of rainfall has made it the wettest on record.
“Everyone will be hoping there’ll be some better days in September.”
Cork saw the wettest summer since 1962, while Belmullet in County Mayo, saw the driest.
The highest rainfall was recorded at Malin Head, which as 50.9 mm fall on 22nd July. That is the highest rainfall since 1955.
The highest temperature was recorded at Shannon Airport on 10th August where it reached 79.1F (26.5C). The lowest temperature was recorded in Markee, County Sligo, where it reached 36.3F (2.4C) on 10th June.
Rachel Mulligan, from Sky Tours, told the Irish Sun, “We’re seeing that a lot of people who didn’t have any intention of going anywhere are ringing up now because they’ve had enough of the rain.”
Lets hope the fall is kinder to the Emerald Isle.
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.bobby | Sep 05, 2012, 09:58 PM EDT
Id rather irish/british weather than the extreme weather you get in the states for sure. It does not cost our countries billions every year in damages......You can keep the extreme.
IrelandNorth | Sep 05, 2012, 06:42 AM EDT
Weather in Ireland since the turn of the millenium has been increasingly erratic. Less sunshine every year. More recent trends have been for any summer worth mentioning to begin unseasonally early, then sink into unpredictability, and end on a high, with sunshine on alternate days throughout. I fear the summers of my childhood are a thing of the past. May winter abroad from here on in to compensate.
borefield | Sep 04, 2012, 09:23 PM EDT
I was there from Aug. 6th to the 23rd. I attended a wedding the 10th and it was a beautiful sunny day. Actually it was not bad weather at all. It did rain every day but the sun shone every day too As my niece said"Ireland would be a great country if you could put a hat on it" . The friendly kind people make up for the showers.
cillowen | Sep 04, 2012, 05:24 PM EDT
St Patrick's is only crying his eyes out with his efforts to bring enlightenment to pagans has come a cropper. To hell with the lot of yees.
carrickcourt | Sep 04, 2012, 09:24 AM EDT
Talked to Maggie, wife of my Irish third cousin Jimmy in Co. Monaghan, at the end of August. They had a fire going the night I talked to Maggie, it was that chilly there. Maggie said the weather had been horrible this summer for farmers in Ireland. A lot of farmers were not able to get into their fields because of the wet to harvest the silage.