RTÉ Archives weather broadcasts

sryanbruen

I thought it would be a good idea to give a straightforward and comprehensive full listing of any weather related broadcasts or archives that RTÉ provides on past weather events or natural disasters in Ireland. They can be easy to miss but provide good perspective on how the weather impacted the country during that given event with great footage too which might be impossible to find elsewhere.

These are all the current ones I can find as of now when I am writing this post. More will be added over time. I have put them in order chronologically with the period or date stated in brackets. Press on any of them and you will be directed to the respective archive.

Summer comes to Seapoint (05 June 1962)

Blizzard hits country (30 December 1962)

Storm causes floods (11 June 1963)

Granite village cut off (28 January 1965)

Snow renders roads hazardous (06 March 1965)

Hottest March day on record (28 March 1965)

Flood isolates homes on the River Shannon (04 December 1965)

Heavy rain ends dry spell (12 August 1968)

Temporary weather reprieve (17 February 1969)

Making hay while the sun shines (15 July 1969)

Warmest day of the year (07 July 1971)

Heavy snow across Ireland (06 February 1974)

A white Easter in Dublin (28 March 1975)

Exceptional April weather (25 April 1975)

Sunshine on the Green (03 July 1975)

Ecological damage on Ireland's Eye (09 July 1975)

Dalkey gorse fire (08 August 1975)

Dubliners enjoy spring sunshine (06 April 1976)

June Bank Holiday sunshine (06 June 1976)

Heatwave brings record temperature (29 June 1976)

Hot spell set to carry on (30 June 1976)

Blistering sunshine (02 July 1976)

Sunshine on Dublin (22 August 1976)

No water on Aran Island (27 August 1976)

Army rescue the snowbound (14 January 1977)

Air Corps assist isolated areas (11 February 1979)

Fastnet yacht race tragedy (14 August 1979)

Call to drain river Mulcair (29 October 1980)

Lots to do on sunny holiday (01 June 1981)

Big freeze causes havoc (11 December 1981)

Floods hit Ireland (13 December 1981)

Big snowfall causes chaos (09 January 1982)

Big snow emergency committee (09 January 1982)

Ashbourne snowed in (10 January 1982)

Warning as freeze continues (10 January 1982)

Cut off by snow (11 January 1982)

Bread and milk shortages (11 January 1982)

Army gets Dublin moving (12 January 1982)

Thaw causes fears of flooding (15 January 1982)

Snow fun in the park (January 1982)

Summer in Dublin (12 July 1983)

Water shortages across Ireland (14 July 1983)

Blanket of snow (15 January 1984)

Reservoirs are low (29 July 1984)

Big freeze to continue (16 January 1985)

Weather chaos (16 January 1985)

Heavy snow and blizzards (21 March 1985)

Owenmore river flood (29 May 1985)

Freak storm causes damage (26 July 1985)

July bad weather (01 August 1985)

A rainy August day (04 August 1985)

Rain ruins Bank Holiday (04 August 1985)

Farmer herds cattle from boat (21 August 1985)

Weather hits grain farmers (27 August 1985)

Leitrim roads rain damage (05 September 1985)

Northern Irish floods (21 September 1985)

Strabane flood fears as river rises (21 September 1985)

Storm damage power blackout (03 December 1985)

Heavy snowfalls (29 December 1985)

Ducks trapped on ice (29 December 1985)

River Shannon flooding (13 January 1986)

Freezing conditions (24 January 1986)

Snowfalls (06 February 1986)

Bad weather (07 February 1986)

Storm damage (20 March 1986)

Snow in Leinster and Ulster (24 March 1986)

Storms cause Leitrim landslide (03 July 1986)

Flooding in southwest (06 August 1986)

Weather affects turf bogs (12 August 1986)

Bray worst hit by hurricane (26 August 1986)

Hurricane Charley storm damage (26 August 1986)

Clean up after hurricane Charley (27 August 1986)

Freak flooding in Mayo (12 December 1986)

Snow in Cork (12 January 1987)

Snow in North and Cork (12 January 1987)

Freezing weather conditions (13 January 1987)

Big freeze conditions (14 January 1987)

Bad weather affects farming (14 January 1987)

The elderly and cold weather (14 January 1987)

Frozen lake two drawn (15 January 1987)

Aftermath of the bad weather (16 January 1987)

Snow in Northern Ireland (19 March 1987)

Sunny summer weather (04 July 1987)

Enjoying the heatwave (05 July 1987)

Connemara flooding (20 August 1987)

Floods in Dublin (21 October 1987)

Floods in Belfast (21 October 1987)

Floods in north (22 October 1987)

Flooding in Strabane (22 October 1987)

Flood impacts Strabane (24 October 1987)

Cork flooding (12 January 1988)

Snow in Northern Ireland (23 January 1988)

Storm sweeps northeast (09 February 1988)

Storm force winds over Ireland (09 February 1988)

Storm damage Donegal (09 February 1988)

Clare Limerick storm (09 February 1988)

Northern Ireland storm damage (09 February 1988)

Storm damage in Bundoran (15 February 1988)

Storm damage at Kilkee (18 February 1988)

Storm damage in northwest (29 February 1988)

Snow showers in month of May (19 May 1988)

Drowning in Cork (01 July 1988)

Shannon flooding (14 October 1988)

Flooding in Cork and Kerry (21 October 1988)

Flooding in southwest (22 October 1988)

Severe flooding in Cork (25 October 1988)

River Lee floods (25 October 1988)

Smog in Dublin (05 November 1988)

Warmest December on record (29 December 1988)

Flooding in Edenderry (16 January 1989)

Cork fires and water shortage (17 July 1989)

Fine weather (18 July 1989)

Hot weather affects farming (28 July 1989)

Roads blocked by floods (28 October 1989)

Flooding in northwest (28 October 1989)

Flooding in County Galway (30 October 1989)

Flooding at Seapoint (14 December 1989)

Heavy flooding after storms (16 December 1989)

Damage caused by storms (17 December 1989)

Storm damage in Wicklow (18 December 1989)

Sea endangers property at Arklow (28 December 1989)

Waterford storm damage (10 January 1990)

Snow causes disruption (24 January 1990)

Storms on west coast (25 January 1990)

Gale force winds and rain (01 February 1990)

Storm damage in Cork (05 February 1990)

Wexford storm damage (07 February 1990)

Flooding in southeast (07 February 1990)

Flooding in the southeast (08 February 1990)

Cork area floods (11 February 1990)

Carlow area floods (11 February 1990)

Athlone area floods (11 February 1990)

Flood report: Galway area (12 February 1990)

Flood report: Midlands (12 February 1990)

Flood report: Carlow (12 February 1990)

Flood report: South Galway (14 February 1990)

Storm hits northwest (26 February 1990)

Storms (26 February 1990)

Storm report from Limerick (27 February 1990)

Storm report from Galway and Mayo (27 February 1990)

Flooding in Galway (28 February 1990)

Snow hits Leopardstown (28 February 1990)

Storms - insurance claims (28 February 1990)

Aid for flood victims (06 March 1990)

Drought in west Cork (28 May 1990)

Good weather to continue (22 July 1990)

Summer weather (04 August 1990)

Dublin and Wicklow water shortage (18 September 1990)

Water shortage (03 October 1990)

Snowfall and storms (27 December 1990)

Winter weather chaos (08 January 1991)

Bitterly cold weather set to stay (07 February 1991)

The Lagan Desert (05 September 1991)

Bank Holiday temperatures soar (05 June 1993)

April snowfalls not unusual (02 April 1994)

Weather has Ireland feeling hot hot hot (03 August 1995)

Sunny weather continues (03 August 1995)

Rocky Valley fires (24 August 1995)

High winds and heavy rain hit Ireland (19 February 1997)

Blackwater deluge (04 August 1997)

Flooding havoc in Mayo (08 September 1999)

Connemara Bridge destroyed (09 August 2000)

Irish towns flood (05 November 2000)

Bad weather hits Ireland (05 November 2000)

Jeep overturned in tornado (18 August 2001)

Blackpool floods again (27 November 2002)

Sun shines after rainy days (04 August 2003)

Animals feel the heat at Dublin Zoo (07 August 2003)

Heatwave continues across Ireland (08 August 2003)

Severe weather in Dublin (22 October 2003)

Clonmel flooded again (29 October 2004)

Tornado hits Bailieborough (01 April 2006)

Temperatures rise in Ireland (18 July 2006)

Freak storm strikes (31 July 2006)

Crossmolina floods (03 December 2006)

Three rush hours on one day (07 December 2006)

Shannon Harbour floods (16 December 2006)

Vegetable shortage likely after poor weather (01 August 2007)

Torrential rain across Ireland (09 August 2008)

Snow hits transport and schools (02 February 2009)

Worst floods in living memory (20 November 2009)

Water water everywhere (22 November 2009)

Cold conditions causes problems (08 January 2010)

Snow causes chaos (06 January 2010)

Arctic weather causes commuter chaos (03 December 2010)

Record low of -16 in Sligo (20 December 2010)

Storm Desmond (05 December 2015)

As an extra, here are some British Pathé videos that have made reference of Irish weather too. There aren't many that I've been able to find.

Louth flood aftermath (1920)

Snow in Ireland (1949) (Although I am having to believe this is actually from December 1950)

Dublin floods (08 December 1954)

igCorcaigh

Excellent work @sryanbruen!

highdef

FANTASTIC work Syranbruen!!!

Mods, any chance that this could be stickied in some way?

Kermit.de.frog

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118463509#Comment_118463509

It's like the camera was intentionally placed there waiting for the next victim 😃

joujoujou

Awesome, thanks a lot!

By the way, delighted to watch Teresa Mannion's report once again! ;-)

DumbBrunette

Can we please sticky this?

sryanbruen

I can't add to the above post but a new one added yesterday to mark the 20th anniversary of severe floods in Dublin that came from the result of not heavy rain but exceptionally high tides (highest in the Irish Sea since 1924) and failure of sea defences.

Ringsend floods (1 February 2002)