Current weather conditions - January 2017.

sryanbruen

Grange's January 2017 summary

Exceptionally dry. Rather mild and sunny.

Rainfall: Exceptionally dry, second driest January on record.
I recorded a total of 10.1mm (17% of the LTA) of rainfall during January. This made it the second driest January in my records with only 1997 drier. It may not have been THE driest January in my records but it sure was very exceptional nonetheless. I have not recorded a month with less than 15mm since September 2014. I recorded 11 wet days which was below the average of 18 wet days (days with 0.1mm or more) and was also my second lowest number of wet days in January with 1997 also recording even less. This meant that January recorded 20 dry days (days with 0mm of rainfall!). I recorded a partial drought (15 or more consecutive days with all recording 0.2mm or less) from the 13th-27th (15 days). I recorded only 0.3mm during this period. What's even more crazy was the fact that my wettest day in January was the 6th with only 3.0mm, my second lowest January maximum daily rainfall on record with again only 1997 recording an even lower one. My second wettest day was the 31st with 1.8mm, so as you can see, rainfall was very, very limited during January. January continued the period of exceptional dry months since October (October being the driest since 2007, November the driest since 2013 and December the driest since 2010). Will February continue this trend? If it does and so will the next few months after that, I could be coming into my worst drought since 2010-2011.

Temperature: Mildest January since 2012. Fairly unexceptional.
I recorded a mean temperature of 5.4c (+0.8c above the LTA) during January and it was my mildest January since 2012. The crazy dry and mild weather continued during January from December with January again being another funny month because normally in Winter when it's dry (especially like this), it's cold. Apart from the fact that it was very dry AND mild at the same time, January was unexceptional overall temperature wise. Maximum temperatures weren't far off average whilst minimum temperatures were 1-1.5c above the average but even then, still unexceptional as far more Januaries have had much more extreme temperatures. I find it funny how January 2016 was colder than January 2017 by -0.2c (January 2016 had a mean of 5.2c) yet January 2016 recorded extremes which January 2017 did not. This was down to the cold spell though back in January 2016 around the middle of the month which made January 2017 warmer than it in spite of the record-breaking temperatures on the 24th and 25th in 2016. I recorded my maximum temperature of 15.1c on the 24th in 2016 and funnily enough, I recorded my maximum temperature of 11.8c on the exact same day (the 24th) in 2017, what a coincidence! But as you can see, the maximum temperature for this January was very unexceptional. I recorded my minimum temperature of -4.1c on the 21st which was also very unexceptional. January 2016 even recorded a lower minimum of -6.1c on the 16th. January 2017 overall was very forgettable in terms of temperature but there are some coincidences that were quite funny.

Sunshine: Rather sunny, sunniest January since 2015.
For the 4th year in a row, I recorded a sunnier than normal January with 64 hours (112% of the LTA) which was quite comparable with January 2014's total of 63 hours. January 2017 was not near as sunny as 2015 or even 2016. I recorded my sunniest day on the 23rd with 6.8 hours which made it my sunniest day in January since 2010. Sunshine was evenly distributed through the month with both halves recording 32 hours of sunshine each. I recorded 6.5 hours of sunshine on the 2nd which was my highest daily sunshine for so early in the year on record. I recorded 7 dull days (days with 0 hours) which was average for January. January 2017, like temperature, was extremely forgettable sunshine wise.

January 2017 was disappointing due to how mild it was but I did enjoy it nonetheless especially given how dry it was.

I escaped much of the heavy rainfall on the 31st for some reason.

joujoujou

Current data for Mayo/Roscommon boundary (inaccurate)
31 Jan 2017 23:07:20

Temperature (°C):
Current 3,3
Trend (per hour) -0,4
Average today 7,3
Wind chill 1,4
Heat Index 3,3
Dew Point 3,2
Rel Humidity 99%

Wind (km/h):
Current Gust 12,2 S
Average Speed 7,2 S

Rainfall (mm):
Current rate 0,0
Last hour 0,0
Total today 1,4
Total yesterday 12,6
Total this month 134,4
Total this year 134,4

Pressure (hPa):
Current 981,5
Trend (per hour) -0,2

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joujoujou

Palmfield City weather summary for January 2017:

Temperature (°C):
Mean (1 minute) 5,6
Mean (min+max) 6,2
Mean Minimum 3,1
Mean Maximum 9,3
Minimum -2,4 day 23
Maximum 12,6 day 31
Highest Minimum 7,9 day 16
Lowest Maximum 2,9 day 12
Air frosts 5

Rainfall (mm):
Total for month 134,4
Wettest day 28,7 day 09
High rain rate 16,8 day 06
Rain days 30
Dry days 1

Wind (km/h):
Highest Gust 72,4 day 12
Average Speed 16,6
Wind Run 12326,0 km
Gale days 0

Pressure (hPa):
Maximum 1013,5 day 19
Minimum 974,1 day 27

Days with snow falling 2
Days with snow lying at 0900 3

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DOCARCH

Final stats for January for Dublin 16. A very dry month:

Mean Max: 8.5c
Mean Min: 3.9c
Mean: 6.2c

Max temp: 12.7c (06th)
Min temp: -3.1c (21st)

Air Frosts: 5 days
Snow Falling: 1 day
Snow Lying (at 0900): 0 days
Thunder Heard: 0 days

Total Rain (0000-0000): 17.6mm
Rain Days: 11
Max Rain Day (0000-0000): 8.2mm (31st)
Max Rain Rate: 15.8mm/hr (01st)

Highest air pressure: 1037mb (19th)
Lowest air pressure: 1000mb (31st)

Mean Air Pressure (recorded at 0900 each day): 1020mb