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20 years ago, parts of England had some of their worst flooding of the 20th century in April 1998 on the 9th/10th. April 1998 is notable...

A front pushed northwards on 20 March 2001 into the cold air over the British Isles producing blizzards for some in the UK. It was too...

According to the flood maps from the new site in the link below, Dublin (with a particular emphasis on my area in Dublin 13) had a flood...

On November 5th/6th 2000, the east of Ireland suffered their wettest November days since 1982. Rain began early on the 5th over Kerry as...

July 2018's final CET came in at 19.1°C. This makes it the third hottest July on record since 1659 for the CET and the fourth hottest...

On Easter Monday 2010 (5th April), an area of low pressure centred to the northwest of Ireland with a minimum pressure of around 967hPa...

January 1984 was an unprecedented month. It was cold, it was snowy, it was stormy, it was wet. There is no month comparable to it, it is...

Nearly 10 years ago, on 31 July 2008, a stationary band of heavy rain moved across Munster during the evening bringing more than 40mm at...

August 1893 was a hot and very thundery month. The CET for the month was 17.4°C. This nowadays is about 1 to 1.5°C above average but back...

One of the many weather events that certainly stand out in the hearts of Irish weather enthusiasts along with others like Winter 1947 and...

Historical weather is full of fascinating quirks and facts that you will come across when looking at it and statistics. This blog post...

This is going to be about the beast from the east event that occurred in January 1987 for Ireland and the UK; it also plagued much of...

This blog post is going to be my long article on the beauty pairing of November/December 2010. Hope you got some treats with you 'cause...

Multiple factors will play a lot in how the temperatures will be like, record breaking or not. One such factor is thickness. It was the...

The beginning of February 1956 brought a brief but very extraordinary feed of cold air from Siberia over Europe including the UK and...

Recently, I was given the question: "What effects does El Niño have on Summer/Autumn?". The problem with answering this question is that...

Ok so this post is going to be looking at the general history of Ireland's thunderstorms since 1983, the ones that really stand out, with...

You already know of the big freeze of 1947 followed by the wettest March on record with severe floods. August 1947 was the fourth hottest...

2018 has been a phenomenal year for weather enthusiasts with numerous events taking place in a short period of time from the Beast from...

Doing Summer 1975 today which was quite an interesting Summer. It was also one of the best of the 20th century. However, a lot of people...