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Let's talk about the severe Winter of the Great War, Winter 1916-17. If you love cold or snow, this Winter was nearly about as good as it...

I have been interested in the weather since 8 or 9 years of age though I have been obsessed with Geography all my life. It was a time of...

January 1881 was a severely cold and snowy month in the UK & Ireland with some of the biggest snowfalls ever seen in England and the...

1995 had already been a vintage year for weather extremes in the UK and Ireland with an exceptionally wet and mild Winter, two notable...

I did a historical post on the Christmas Eve storm of 1997 so it's only fair that I do a post on the St. Stephen's Day storm of 1998 (for...

Been twenty one years now since this infamous storm and here is my historical post on it..... it's the Christmas Eve storm of 1997....

Time to talk about the coldest December on record in the CET series back to 1659..... December 1890. December 1890 had a CET of -0.8c,...

December 1989 was one of three colder than average Decembers in Ireland during the 1980s for most places although localised parts of the...

Today is the anniversary of the end of the December 2017 cold spell and of course, it's only appropriate that we do a post on the spell...

In November 1988 (30 years ago), cold weather set in due to high pressure bringing dry weather. Huge numbers of people in Dublin were...

Mid-November 1996 contained a cold spell that is rather forgotten as it wasn't too remarkable historically wise compared to let's say...

Was going to leave the Winter 1978/79 historical post 'til a month later but I guess now is as good a time as any. Winter 1978/79 was the...

November 1965 is a month I don't hear talked about much. When it comes to November snow, it's nearly always the likes of 1985, 1993 and...

There is no doubt that 2018 will be in our minds and memories for many years to come as it has produced so many fascinations on the...

The picture below was taken on 22 October 2003 in Finglas, Co. Dublin. My educated guess is that barely any of you remember what happened...

The last week of October 2008 delivered a northerly shot with air coming from the Arctic. This air was unusually cold by October...

November 1919 (99 years ago) recorded one of the most extraordinary cold spells in the history of the UK and Ireland. The fact the cold...

As a weather historian and enthusiast, I am bound to love many different weather events from studying or researching about them or better...

The first three decades of the 20th century weren't really known for hot Summers and cold Winters, especially the 1920s which was quite a...

November 1993 contained an easterly spell for the UK and Ireland which brought widely the first of what was to become a fairly decent...