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Introduction The period February 26 to March 3 2018 was an event that brought widespread heavy snowfalls to the UK and Ireland including...

The years 2018 and 1798 featured some odd similarities in one way or another. Let's compare the two going by the Central England...

Sunshine totals (hours) for Irish stations from the 21st June-4th July 2018 show yesterday (4th July) was a mostly sunny day but duller...

Sunshine totals (hours) for Irish stations from the 21st June-3rd July 2018 show that the 3rd July was a very sunny day again over...

Here are comparisons of Irish stations' sunshine totals (hours) for the 21st June to 2nd July 2018 and the 4th to 22nd July 2013....

Here are Dublin Airport's top 10 driest May/June combinations since its records began in 1941 before 2018. 2018 recorded 23.9mm during...

The provisional statistics for June 2018 would suggest that it has been indeed a "Flaming June". Contrary to belief, the phrase "Flaming...

It appears that Claremorris has broken its warmest June on record too in 2018 like Shannon Airport. Top 5 warmest Junes on record at...

Sunshine totals (hours) for Irish stations from the 21st June-1st July 2018 show it was a cloudier day generally yesterday across much of...

Chart below shows mean maxima, high max and the No. of days with temps equal or greater to 22/25/27/30°C at the majority of reporting...

Sunshine totals (hours) for Irish stations from the 21st-30th June 2018 show Dublin Airport now in first place with Valentia Observatory...

Here's my usual daily update on the sunshine totals. Sunshine totals (hours) for Irish stations from the 21st-29th June 2018. Cork...

Met Éireann has now issued drought warnings for Ireland. Hosepipe bans have come into force for Northern Ireland and the Greater Dublin...

The magic number that Irish weather enthusiasts hope to achieve on a maximum temperature in Summer time is 30°C but this figure is quite...

As can be seen by the data given, 19 July 2006 was 1.2c warmer than 28 June 2018. There are two possible reasons for this: 19 July 2006...

Sunshine totals (hours) for Irish stations from the 21st-28th June 2018 show Valentia Observatory again in first place with Cork Airport...

The Emerald Isle enjoyed its hottest June day since 1976 today on the 28th June 2018 with a maximum temperature of 32.0°C being reached...

Dublin Airport has had 221.4 hours of sunshine up to the 27th June making it the station's sunniest June since 2006 up to this point. How...

Sunshine totals (hours) for Irish stations from the 21st-27th June 2018 show Valentia Observatory is still in first place for the warm...

It's needless to say that the UK and Ireland are widely known as having rainy temperate climates but are these general impressions...