Current weather conditions - January 2016.

joujoujou

Summary for January 2016

Temperature (°C):
Mean (1 minute) 4,9
Mean (min+max) 5,1
Mean Minimum 2,3
Mean Maximum 7,9
Minimum -0,5 day 01
Maximum 13,2 day 24
Highest Minimum 11,0 day 24
Lowest Maximum 2,8 day 13
Air frosts 5

Rainfall (mm):
Total for month 102,2
Wettest day 14,7 day 28
High rain rate 16,8 day 04
Rain days 27
Dry days 4

Wind (km/h):
Highest Gust 90,7 day 29
Average Speed 17,0
Wind Run 12662,0 km
Gale days 3

Pressure (hPa):
Maximum 1007,6 day 16
Minimum 949,8 day 03

Days with snow falling 8
Days with snow lying at 0900 4

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Final stats for January for Dublin 16:

Mean Max: 8.0c
Mean Min: 3.3c
Mean: 5.6c

Max temp: 13.7c (26th)
Min temp: -1.4c (16th)

Days with Snow Falling: 4 days
Days with Snow Lying (at 0900): 0 days
Thunder Heard: 1 day
Air Frosts: 3 days

Total Rain (0000-0000): 127.6mm
Rain Days: 25
Max Rain Day (0000-0000): 25.6mm (03rd)
Max Rain Rate: 20.6mm/hr (02nd)

Highest air pressure: 1031mb (16th)
Lowest air pressure: 974mb (04th)

Mean Air Pressure (recorded at 0900 each day): 1002mb

sryanbruen

Grange's January 2016 summary

Very wet, sunny and mild - what a strange combination for a Winter month!

Rainfall: Second wettest January on record
January was quite a wet month overall and it became my second wettest January on record with 112.0mm, 189% of the LTA behind 2014 which recorded 129.4mm, 219% of the LTA. I had many wet days with 7 completely dry days, well below average and was my lowest for January since 2014 also. I recorded 19.8mm on the 5th as my highest daily fall with a close quarter of 17.9mm on the 9th, just a few days later. I also recorded falls of 10mm or more on the 1st, during Nor'easter Jonas on the 26th and Storm Gertrude on the 29th. It was my second wettest New Year's Day on record after 2014 but with only 10.1mm - considering I haven't had much wet days on this occasion. My longest period without any rainfall was 3 days from Thursday 14th - Saturday 16th, my shortest dry interlude in January also since 2014. Overall, January did not completely smash any rainfall records despite being the second wettest on record.

Temperature: Mildest January since 2002
I recorded a mean temperature of 5.3c, +1.3c above the LTA for January 2016 as a whole and it was my mildest January since 2002. January was literally split into three different periods, the mild and wet period from the 1st - 6th, the cold and mostly dry period from the 7th - 16th (excluding the 9th) and the exceptionally mild and wet period from the 17th - 31st. From the 1st - 6th, my mean temperature was 5.1c, +1.1c above the LTA, so it started off relatively mild but not exceptionally with a maximum of 9.3c on New Year's Day during this period. From the 7th - 16th, it became much colder with a mean temperature of 0.8c, -3.2c below the LTA and was my coldest weather since March 2013. My maximum was only 6.6c on the 9th and I recorded a minimum of -6.2c on the night of the 15th into the 16th, my lowest for any month since December 2010 and for January also since 2010. However, this cold spell was soon replaced by a much warmer but unseasonably mild period of weather from the 17th - 31st (excluding the 30th which was a colder day) with a mean temperature of 8.2c, +4.2c above the LTA. However, the two warm periods marked off the cold spell and January was warmer than normal overall. I recorded my January maximum on the 24th with 15.1c, which was the highest for January since 1998 and was my fourth highest on record. What was remarkable though is the minimum temperatures on the nights of the 23rd and 24th which both smashed records. I recorded a minimum temperature of 12.6c on the morning of the 24th which was even higher than the daytime maximum temperature of the 23rd and was my highest on record. The following morning recorded a minimum temperature of 12.1c which itself became the second highest on record. Despite being largely warm overall, I did not record at least 10c until the 21st, longer than 2010 which took up to the 15th to get that mark. Overall, January 2016 was very remarkable temperature wise.

Sunshine: Sunniest January since 2010
I recorded a sunshine total of 75 hours, 183% of the LTA for January 2016, my highest since 2010. There was quite a division between sunshine in January as the first half was much sunnier than the second half with 49 hours and 26 hours respectively. It was generally my sunniest start to January on record beating 2010. I recorded two days with 6 hours or more with 6.2 hours of sunshine on both the 15th and 22nd which were my sunniest January days since 2010 also. Overall, I recorded 3 completely dull days, below average though it felt very dull at times during the second half. On those days that seemed very dull, I recorded around 0.2 - 0.9 hours of sunshine and I don't count them as completely dull days (0.0 hours). I recorded 14 very sunny days (days with 3 hours or more of sunshine), exceptionally high for January and nearly equalling 2015 which itself remains the record for most very sunny days. January overall was a bit interesting sunshine wise.

NMB

Super impressive work there sryanbruen !

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Certainly didn't have the sunshine here in the West, was very cloudy.

Location: West Clare

sryanbruen

Carnacalla wrote: »

Certainly didn't have the sunshine here in the West, was very cloudy.

Location: West Clare

It's just mad how that is. I remember many of the sunny days last month with the 22nd in particular comes to mind!

The 22nd was a remarkable January day. It was very mild (and very Summer like!!!) with plenty of sunshine also (6.2 hours). It was better than last Summer at least I can say that.

sryanbruen

NMB wrote: »

Super impressive work there sryanbruen !

And thanks NMB. I also do little feature summaries on White Christmases or pleasant Summers etc - if you're interested?

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sryanbruen wrote: »

And thanks NMB. I also do little feature summaries on White Christmases or pleasant Summers etc - if you're interested?

I'm sure we ALL would

Lumi

Galway City Weather - Summary for January 2016

Temperature (°C):
Mean (1 minute) 6.9
Mean (min+max) 6.8
Mean Minimum 4.6
Mean Maximum 9.0
Minimum 0.2 on 16/01/2016
Maximum 13.9 on 24/01/2016
Highest Minimum 12.1 on 24/01/2016
Lowest Maximum 4.9 on 13/01/2016
Air frosts 0

Rainfall (mm):
Total for period 152.2
Wettest day 30.8 on 26/01/2016
High rain rate 39.8 day 25/01/2016
Rain days 31
Dry days 0

Wind (mph):
Highest Gust 53.0 on 26/01/2016

Pressure (hPa):
Maximum 1031.84 on 16/01/2016
Minimum 972.24 on 03/01/2016

Days with snow falling 2
Days with snow lying at 0900 1