Ireland’s Arctic cold snap enters record books
By: IrishCentral Columnists | Published Thursday, December 2, 2010, 5:00 AM | Updated Friday, September 9, 2011, 9:57 PM
November in
Ireland will do down in the record books as the coldest since 1985 with
Dublin getting hit even harder with frosty conditions.
At Casement Aerodome, at Baldonnel temperature hit -9C (15.8F). This is the coldest air temperature since records began in 1964. Ground temperature at the airbase, in
County Dublin, dropped as low as -13.7C (7.34F).
At
Dublin Airport the lowest recorded temperature for the month was 6C (21.2F) on Sunday.
Across the county it was sunnier. At Belmullet,
County Mayo they recorded their sunniest November in the last 50 years.
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.sirpeter | Dec 05, 2010, 10:39 PM EST
It's a snow angel creakinggate,Did you miss out on making one of them too?In your deprived Irish childhood.
Towngate | Dec 02, 2010, 03:20 PM EST
Thanks for the cute picture of the Air Corps pilot in training at Baldonnel. I hope we can afford something for him to fly soon! Bless!