Irish Weather Statistics

NAGDEFI · 16-02-2018 10:56pm

Thanks for your work sryanb.

Yes 1947 and early March 1963 had lying snow which would have helped with ice days.

11th March 2013, especially, were ice days at local stations in Ireland, higher ground etc i'd imagine. Hopefully early March 2018!

sryanbruen · 16-02-2018 10:57pm

Some more very cold upper air charts for Marches historically. I am choosing to look at these Marches in particular for you Large Funeral because they are the coldest Marches for the IMTs I have calculated thus far.

March 1969

March 1979

NAGDEFI · 16-02-2018 10:59pm

In my memory St. Patrick's Day 2006 was a very cold day with grey skies and an easterly with temps hovering around freezing..

NAGDEFI · 16-02-2018 11:02pm

17 March 2006

sryanbruen · 16-02-2018 11:05pm

Large Funeral wrote: »

In my memory St. Patrick's Day 2006 was a very cold day with grey skies and an easterly with temps hovering around freezing..

Yes, very raw day in maximums of 3-8c. Quite awful conditions!

sryanbruen · 16-02-2018 11:07pm

March 2013

sryanbruen · 21-02-2018 4:05pm

Elmer Blooker had brought up that January 1987's cold snap was very overrated and previously, I said I'd do a post on it. Well, I'm going to do a few here. To start it off:

Firstly, let's compare the mean temperatures for January 1987 which I find incredibly intriguing.

The UK mean temperature was 0.7c.
The Central England mean temperature was 0.8c.
The Irish mean temperature was 4.7c.

Look at that huge contrast with such a short distance between both countries! January 1985 was far colder for the IMT with a mean of 2.3c. So the month's mean temperature for Ireland doesn't look all that amazingly cold, does that mean it's overrated? Well for a start, saying something is overrated is very subjective. There's a lot of things I think that are overrated for example, pop music. I hate it, never will understand people's love for it. It is autotuned crap and horrible singers. Does it mean that everybody will agree with me? No it doesn't, people may like it. It is the such here with weather months, periods, events etc. A lot of us enthusiasts love the cold, snowy Winters and hot, sunny Summers but there maybe people who hate such seasons. Overrated is a very subjective term.

Personally - for Ireland going by statistics I have here (I was not alive then so my opinion is biased to statistics which maybe controversial) - I have to agree with Elmer for saying it's an overrated period of weather that happened here in January 1987. For the UK, it's a whole completely different story, one of the most amazing periods of all-time for cold and snow there. Why do I think this? Well see the minimum temperatures for Ireland for the month for one. Here's some examples:

Ardee; -8.9c on the 31st
Ardfert; -8.3c on the 14th
Ballinamore; -8.4c on the 13th
Ballinrobe; -8.1c on the 31st
Belmullet; -5.7c on the 13th
Birr; -8.9c on the 14th
Carlow; -7.7c on the 14th
Cahirciveen; -5.9c on the 13th
Casement Aerodrome; -7.6c on the 31st
Claremorris; -7.8c on the 13th
Clones; -8.0c on the 13th
Clonroche; -6.7c on the 13th
Cork Airport; -8.0c on the 13th
Dublin Airport; -5.2c on the 13th
Dungarvan; -6.2c on the 13th
Dunsany; -8.5c on the 31st
Coolnakilla; -8.3c on 13th
Galway; -7.7c on the 13th
Glenamoy; -6.8c on the 13th
Glencolumbkille; -7.0c on the 14th
Glenties; -8.2c on the 14th
John F. Kennedy Park; -6.9c on the 13th
Johnstown Castle; -6.1c on the 13th
Kilkenny; -7.0c on the 14th
Killarney; -7.8c on the 13th
Kinsealy; -6.6c on the 31st
Knockavilla; -6.8c on the 13th
Lullymore; -7.5c on the 31st (the same place that had seen the impressive minimum of -18.8c on January 2nd 1979! Like compare this minimum to the January 1987 minimum)
Malin Head; -3.9c on the 12th
Mooncoin; -9.2c on the 13th
Moore Park; -6.9c on the 13th
Mullingar; -7.4c on the 13th
Roche's Point; -7.2c on the 13th
Rosslare; -4.4c on the 12th/13th
Shannon Airport; -7.2c on the 13th

Seeing all these minimums, it doesn't sound impressive to me.

The impressive nature of the month lies in the upper air temperatures and the maximum temperatures though during the cold snap.

Data from Met Éireann and UKMO.

NAGDEFI · 21-02-2018 7:21pm

sryanbruen wrote: »

Elmer Blooker had brought up that January 1987's cold snap was very overrated and previously, I said I'd do a post on it. Well, I'm going to do a few here. To start it off:

Firstly, let's compare the mean temperatures for January 1987 which I find incredibly intriguing.

The UK mean temperature was 0.7c.
The Central England mean temperature was 0.8c.
The Irish mean temperature was 4.7c.

Look at that huge contrast with such a short distance between both countries! January 1985 was far colder for the IMT with a mean of 2.3c. So the month's mean temperature for Ireland doesn't look all that amazingly cold, does that mean it's overrated? Well for a start, saying something is overrated is very subjective. There's a lot of things I think that are overrated for example, pop music. I hate it, never will understand people's love for it. It is autotuned crap and horrible singers. Does it mean that everybody will agree with me? No it doesn't, people may like it. It is the such here with weather months, periods, events etc. A lot of us enthusiasts love the cold, snowy Winters and hot, sunny Summers but there maybe people who hate such seasons. Overrated is a very subjective term.

Personally - for Ireland going by statistics I have here (I was not alive then so my opinion is biased to statistics which maybe controversial) - I have to agree with Elmer for saying it's an overrated period of weather that happened here in January 1987. For the UK, it's a whole completely different story, one of the most amazing periods of all-time for cold and snow there. Why do I think this? Well see the minimum temperatures for Ireland for the month for one. Here's some examples:

Ardee; -8.9c on the 31st
Ardfert; -8.3c on the 14th
Ballinamore; -8.4c on the 13th
Ballinrobe; -8.1c on the 31st
Belmullet; -5.7c on the 13th
Birr; -8.9c on the 14th
Carlow; -7.7c on the 14th
Cahirciveen; -5.9c on the 13th
Casement Aerodrome; -7.6c on the 31st
Claremorris; -7.8c on the 13th
Clones; -8.0c on the 13th
Clonroche; -6.7c on the 13th
Cork Airport; -8.0c on the 13th
Dublin Airport; -5.2c on the 13th
Dungarvan; -6.2c on the 13th
Dunsany; -8.5c on the 31st
Coolnakilla; -8.3c on 13th
Galway; -7.7c on the 13th
Glenamoy; -6.8c on the 13th
Glencolumbkille; -7.0c on the 14th
Glenties; -8.2c on the 14th
John F. Kennedy Park; -6.9c on the 13th
Johnstown Castle; -6.1c on the 13th
Kilkenny; -7.0c on the 14th
Killarney; -7.8c on the 13th
Kinsealy; -6.6c on the 31st
Knockavilla; -6.8c on the 13th
Lullymore; -7.5c on the 31st (the same place that had seen the impressive minimum of -18.8c on January 2nd 1979! Like compare this minimum to the January 1987 minimum)
Malin Head; -3.9c on the 12th
Mooncoin; -9.2c on the 13th
Moore Park; -6.9c on the 13th
Mullingar; -7.4c on the 13th
Roche's Point; -7.2c on the 13th
Rosslare; -4.4c on the 12th/13th
Shannon Airport; -7.2c on the 13th

Seeing all these minimums, it doesn't sound impressive to me.

The impressive nature of the month lies in the upper air temperatures and the maximum temperatures though during the cold snap.

Data from Met Éireann and UKMO.

I think it was the low daytime maxima 11th to 13th. And there was beautiful heavy easterly snow and the sky was just so laden with an unusual heavy snow filled cloud. It felt and looked spectacular to be out in.

Elmer Blooker · 21-02-2018 9:19pm

sryanbruen wrote: »

Elmer Blooker had brought up that January 1987's cold snap was very overrated and previously, I said I'd do a post on it.

Seeing all these minimums, it doesn't sound impressive to me.

The impressive nature of the month lies in the upper air temperatures and the maximum temperatures though during the cold snap.

It was too windy for temperatures to get extremely low as they do in calm conditions with snow cover. But despite the short duration of this easterly blast it really was a dramatic pipe burster that sadly just fizzled out. A three day wonder.

NAGDEFI · 22-02-2018 12:47am

As our cold spell approaches i'd like to share this account of British weather in March by the late Phillip Eden. As a lot of our severe weather looks like taking place in the early days of March it's fun to look at extremes over the years and throughout history.

NAGDEFI · 22-02-2018 6:45pm

Elmer Blooker wrote: »

It was too windy for temperatures to get extremely low as they do in calm conditions with snow cover. But despite the short duration of this easterly blast it really was a dramatic pipe burster that sadly just fizzled out. A three day wonder.

It was more than a 3 day wonder. Sunday until Friday, a 6 day wonder;)

It wasn't a long spell but it was spectacular, -6C top temp in Cork under heavy snowfall on the Tuesday. The coldest weather i have ever worked outside in, inc 2010. Longevity, no. Then again 1982 was only around 9 days long. The monthly mean was around average.

sryanbruen · 28-02-2018 11:56pm

Think this is a record in of itself, a maximum of -1.7c at Roches Point!?

https://twitter.com/MetEireann/status/968981563391307776

sryanbruen · 01-03-2018 12:45pm

IMT table redone with all years I've calculated, including 1960 & 1961 now. I will do the IMT calculations/tables in this fashion from now on.

Year|Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec|Ann
2018|5.2|3.5|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-
2017|6.1|6.4|8.3|8.8|12.9|14.7|14.9|14.2|12.7|11.3|6.6|5.4|10.2
2016|6.0|4.6|5.9|7.2|12.2|15.0|15.7|15.9|14.2|10.5|5.3|6.7|9.9
2015|4.6|4.1|5.9|8.3|9.7|13.1|13.7|13.8|11.9|10.4|9.1|8.6|9.4
2014|5.6|5.6|7.6|10.2|11.7|14.6|16.7|13.9|14.4|11.3|7.4|5.7|10.4
2013|5.7|4.3|3.3|7.1|9.9|13.2|18.1|15.9|13.8|12.0|6.3|6.6|9.7
2012|6.4|7.2|8.8|7.0|10.8|12.8|14.1|15.8|11.9|8.4|6.0|5.8|9.6
2011|3.1|6.8|7.5|11.2|11.5|12.1|14.2|13.7|13.8|11.4|9.5|5.9|10.1
2010|2.1|2.7|5.8|8.9|11.6|15.2|15.8|14.1|13.7|9.9|5.0|-0.7|8.7
2009|4.5|5.6|7.9|9.2|12.1|15.0|15.6|15.6|13.2|10.6|7.7|3.1|10.0
2008|6.0|5.8|6.5|8.1|13.7|13.4|15.7|15.6|12.7|9.5|7.6|4.6|9.9
2007|6.3|6.1|7.8|10.9|12.4|14.0|14.5|14.9|13.2|10.5|8.6|6.1|10.4
2006|5.9|5.7|6.1|8.7|11.6|15.4|18.1|15.5|15.1|11.5|8.1|6.4|10.7
2005|5.9|5.5|7.9|8.7|10.9|15.0|16.1|15.8|13.5|11.2|6.8|6.0|10.3
2004|5.6|5.6|7.4|8.6|11.7|14.9|15.1|16.6|13.9|9.2|8.5|5.9|10.3
2003|5.8|5.5|8.4|10.3|11.4|14.5|16.0|17.3|14.4|9.3|7.8|5.9|10.6
2002|7.3|6.5|8.1|8.7|11.2|12.8|14.9|15.9|13.2|9.1|8.4|6.0|10.2
2001|4.7|5.1|5.8|8.4|13.1|13.2|15.5|15.7|13.1|11.9|8.5|4.9|10.0
2000|6.2|6.9|7.8|7.6|11.9|13.9|15.6|16.2|13.8|9.5|6.9|5.0|10.1
1999|6.2|6.7|8.1|9.0|12.2|12.5|16.7|15.9|14.3|10.3|7.9|5.2|10.4
1998|6.4|7.9|8.5|7.9|12.7|13.3|15.1|15.9|14.1|10.2|7.7|6.5|10.5
1997|5.3|7.0|8.6|10.2|11.8|13.4|15.8|17.2|13.8|10.5|8.6|6.2|10.7
1996|6.7|4.5|6.6|8.8|8.9|13.9|15.7|15.6|13.7|11.1|6.5|4.4|9.7
1995|6.1|6.8|6.7|9.1|11.2|14.4|16.9|18.2|13.3|11.7|8.2|4.1|10.6
1994|6.2|5.0|7.7|8.1|10.6|12.9|15.5|14.7|12.3|10.2|9.8|6.7|10.0
1993|6.3|7.3|8.2|9.4|10.4|13.5|14.9|14.5|12.5|8.0|6.6|5.3|9.7
1992|6.1|6.4|7.9|8.6|12.5|14.5|15.7|14.2|12.2|8.1|7.6|4.8|9.9
1991|5.0|4.5|7.9|8.6|11.9|11.5|15.9|16.4|14.1|9.2|7.0|6.4|9.9
1990|6.9|7.0|8.5|8.3|12.4|12.9|16.1|16.7|12.8|10.5|7.0|4.8|10.3
1989|7.0|6.3|7.8|6.4|12.9|13.8|17.8|16.0|13.1|10.9|7.4|4.9|10.4
1988|5.9|5.5|7.9|8.9|11.4|14.6|13.5|14.8|12.6|9.9|6.9|7.2|10.0
1987|4.7|5.2|6.5|9.1|10.9|12.2|15.6|15.8|12.8|8.7|7.1|6.0|9.6
1986|5.0|-0.5|5.9|5.2|10.1|13.9|15.1|13.1|11.3|10.0|7.7|5.8|8.6
1985|2.3|5.9|6.7|9.0|10.8|12.6|15.3|13.8|13.9|10.5|4.5|6.4|9.3
1984|4.2|6.0|6.0|9.2|10.2|14.0|16.2|16.9|13.2|9.8|6.1|5.5|9.8
1983|6.9|3.9|7.6|5.6|9.9|13.3|17.6|17.1|12.7|9.7|8.0|6.7|9.9
1982|5.2|5.9|6.7|8.7|11.1|13.9|16.4|15.1|12.7|9.8|6.8|4.4|9.7
1981|6.6|5.4|8.3|8.7|11.0|12.0|14.2|16.0|13.9|8.5|8.2|1.1|9.5
1980|4.6|6.4|6.0|8.8|11.6|12.9|14.4|15.6|13.8|9.1|7.4|6.2|9.7
1979|1.2|3.5|5.2|7.1|9.5|13.0|15.7|14.5|12.4|10.9|7.9|5.4|8.8
1978|4.3|4.4|6.8|7.2|11.6|12.3|14.3|14.7|14.1|11.5|9.0|5.6|9.7
1977|3.9|5.7|7.9|7.6|10.5|12.2|16.0|15.0|12.4|11.5|5.8|6.8|9.6
1976|6.6|5.9|6.8|8.7|10.8|15.9|17.3|17.3|12.6|9.3|6.3|3.1|10.1
1975|6.8|6.5|5.9|8.4|10.6|14.1|17.0|16.7|12.0|10.7|7.3|5.8|10.2
1974|7.0|6.0|6.6|8.9|10.5|12.9|14.8|14.6|11.2|7.9|6.1|6.9|9.2
1973|6.7|6.1|7.0|7.4|11.0|13.6|15.1|15.8|13.3|9.8|8.0|5.2|9.9
1972|5.3|5.8|6.8|8.6|10.2|11.2|14.7|14.4|11.7|10.9|6.5|6.4|9.4
1971|6.1|6.0|6.0|7.8|10.4|12.1|15.1|14.4|14.4|12.1|7.5|7.7|10.0
1970|5.5|4.4|5.5|7.1|11.8|15.2|14.1|14.6|13.2|10.9|7.5|5.2|9.6
1969|5.6|2.2|5.0|7.9|10.3|13.0|15.2|14.8|13.1|12.5|5.3|5.3|9.2
1968|6.0|3.0|6.4|7.5|9.2|13.5|14.0|14.9|13.0|12.3|7.8|5.2|9.4
1967|5.4|5.7|6.6|8.6|9.0|13.4|14.7|14.1|12.7|9.5|6.3|5.9|9.3
1966|4.7|6.6|7.3|7.5|10.5|13.8|14.2|14.0|13.7|9.0|5.6|6.4|9.4
1965|3.7|3.8|6.1|8.2|10.8|13.1|13.3|13.9|11.3|11.1|5.2|5.3|8.8
1964|5.9|5.5|6.0|8.3|11.8|12.7|14.6|14.2|13.4|9.5|8.0|4.9|9.5
1963|-1.6|-0.6|6.7|8.0|9.7|13.5|13.8|13.6|12.0|11.1|7.5|4.5|8.1
1962|4.9|5.6|4.0|7.8|10.0|12.4|13.9|13.5|11.8|10.4|6.3|4.9|8.7
1961|4.5|7.7|8.5|9.2|10.6|13.0|13.9|14.0|13.2|9.8|6.5|3.9|9.6
1960|4.7|3.8|7.0|8.9|12.2|14.6|14.2|14.0|12.3|9.7|7.0|4.0|9.5
Mean|5.5|5.3|7.1|8.5|11.3|13.7|15.4|15.4|13.0|10.1|7.2|5.6|9.8

Calculated using Met Éireann's historical data and UKMO's Northern Ireland data.

NAGDEFI · 01-03-2018 2:50pm

sryanbruen wrote: »

IMT table redone with all years I've calculated, including 1960 & 1961 now. I will do the IMT calculations/tables in this fashion from now on.

Year|Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec|Ann
2018|5.2|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-
2017|6.1|6.4|8.3|8.8|12.9|14.7|14.9|14.2|12.7|11.3|6.6|5.4|10.2
2016|6.0|4.6|5.9|7.2|12.2|15.0|15.7|15.9|14.2|10.5|5.3|6.7|9.9
2015|4.6|4.1|5.9|8.3|9.7|13.1|13.7|13.8|11.9|10.4|9.1|8.6|9.4
2014|5.6|5.6|7.6|10.2|11.7|14.6|16.7|13.9|14.4|11.3|7.4|5.7|10.4
2013|5.7|4.3|3.3|7.1|9.9|13.2|18.1|15.9|13.8|12.0|6.3|6.6|9.7
2012|6.4|7.2|8.8|7.0|10.8|12.8|14.1|15.8|11.9|8.4|6.0|5.8|9.6
2011|3.1|6.8|7.5|11.2|11.5|12.1|14.2|13.7|13.8|11.4|9.5|5.9|10.1
2010|2.1|2.7|5.8|8.9|11.6|15.2|15.8|14.1|13.7|9.9|5.0|-0.7|8.7
2009|4.5|5.6|7.9|9.2|12.1|15.0|15.6|15.6|13.2|10.6|7.7|3.1|10.0
2008|6.0|5.8|6.5|8.1|13.7|13.4|15.7|15.6|12.7|9.5|7.6|4.6|9.9
2007|6.3|6.1|7.8|10.9|12.4|14.0|14.5|14.9|13.2|10.5|8.6|6.1|10.4
2006|5.9|5.7|6.1|8.7|11.6|15.4|18.1|15.5|15.1|11.5|8.1|6.4|10.7
2005|5.9|5.5|7.9|8.7|10.9|15.0|16.1|15.8|13.5|11.2|6.8|6.0|10.3
2004|5.6|5.6|7.4|8.6|11.7|14.9|15.1|16.6|13.9|9.2|8.5|5.9|10.3
2003|5.8|5.5|8.4|10.3|11.4|14.5|16.0|17.3|14.4|9.3|7.8|5.9|10.6
2002|7.3|6.5|8.1|8.7|11.2|12.8|14.9|15.9|13.2|9.1|8.4|6.0|10.2
2001|4.7|5.1|5.8|8.4|13.1|13.2|15.5|15.7|13.1|11.9|8.5|4.9|10.0
2000|6.2|6.9|7.8|7.6|11.9|13.9|15.6|16.2|13.8|9.5|6.9|5.0|10.1
1999|6.2|6.7|8.1|9.0|12.2|12.5|16.7|15.9|14.3|10.3|7.9|5.2|10.4
1998|6.4|7.9|8.5|7.9|12.7|13.3|15.1|15.9|14.1|10.2|7.7|6.5|10.5
1997|5.3|7.0|8.6|10.2|11.8|13.4|15.8|17.2|13.8|10.5|8.6|6.2|10.7
1996|6.7|4.5|6.6|8.8|8.9|13.9|15.7|15.6|13.7|11.1|6.5|4.4|9.7
1995|6.1|6.8|6.7|9.1|11.2|14.4|16.9|18.2|13.3|11.7|8.2|4.1|10.6
1994|6.2|5.0|7.7|8.1|10.6|12.9|15.5|14.7|12.3|10.2|9.8|6.7|10.0
1993|6.3|7.3|8.2|9.4|10.4|13.5|14.9|14.5|12.5|8.0|6.6|5.3|9.7
1992|6.1|6.4|7.9|8.6|12.5|14.5|15.7|14.2|12.2|8.1|7.6|4.8|9.9
1991|5.0|4.5|7.9|8.6|11.9|11.5|15.9|16.4|14.1|9.2|7.0|6.4|9.9
1990|6.9|7.0|8.5|8.3|12.4|12.9|16.1|16.7|12.8|10.5|7.0|4.8|10.3
1989|7.0|6.3|7.8|6.4|12.9|13.8|17.8|16.0|13.1|10.9|7.4|4.9|10.4
1988|5.9|5.5|7.9|8.9|11.4|14.6|13.5|14.8|12.6|9.9|6.9|7.2|10.0
1987|4.7|5.2|6.5|9.1|10.9|12.2|15.6|15.8|12.8|8.7|7.1|6.0|9.6
1986|5.0|-0.5|5.9|5.2|10.1|13.9|15.1|13.1|11.3|10.0|7.7|5.8|8.6
1985|2.3|5.9|6.7|9.0|10.8|12.6|15.3|13.8|13.9|10.5|4.5|6.4|9.3
1984|4.2|6.0|6.0|9.2|10.2|14.0|16.2|16.9|13.2|9.8|6.1|5.5|9.8
1983|6.9|3.9|7.6|5.6|9.9|13.3|17.6|17.1|12.7|9.7|8.0|6.7|9.9
1982|5.2|5.9|6.7|8.7|11.1|13.9|16.4|15.1|12.7|9.8|6.8|4.4|9.7
1981|6.6|5.4|8.3|8.7|11.0|12.0|14.2|16.0|13.9|8.5|8.2|1.1|9.5
1980|4.6|6.4|6.0|8.8|11.6|12.9|14.4|15.6|13.8|9.1|7.4|6.2|9.7
1979|1.2|3.5|5.2|7.1|9.5|13.0|15.7|14.5|12.4|10.9|7.9|5.4|8.8
1978|4.3|4.4|6.8|7.2|11.6|12.3|14.3|14.7|14.1|11.5|9.0|5.6|9.7
1977|3.9|5.7|7.9|7.6|10.5|12.2|16.0|15.0|12.4|11.5|5.8|6.8|9.6
1976|6.6|5.9|6.8|8.7|10.8|15.9|17.3|17.3|12.6|9.3|6.3|3.1|10.1
1975|6.8|6.5|5.9|8.4|10.6|14.1|17.0|16.7|12.0|10.7|7.3|5.8|10.2
1974|7.0|6.0|6.6|8.9|10.5|12.9|14.8|14.6|11.2|7.9|6.1|6.9|9.2
1973|6.7|6.1|7.0|7.4|11.0|13.6|15.1|15.8|13.3|9.8|8.0|5.2|9.9
1972|5.3|5.8|6.8|8.6|10.2|11.2|14.7|14.4|11.7|10.9|6.5|6.4|9.4
1971|6.1|6.0|6.0|7.8|10.4|12.1|15.1|14.4|14.4|12.1|7.5|7.7|10.0
1970|5.5|4.4|5.5|7.1|11.8|15.2|14.1|14.6|13.2|10.9|7.5|5.2|9.6
1969|5.6|2.2|5.0|7.9|10.3|13.0|15.2|14.8|13.1|12.5|5.3|5.3|9.2
1968|6.0|3.0|6.4|7.5|9.2|13.5|14.0|14.9|13.0|12.3|7.8|5.2|9.4
1967|5.4|5.7|6.6|8.6|9.0|13.4|14.7|14.1|12.7|9.5|6.3|5.9|9.3
1966|4.7|6.6|7.3|7.5|10.5|13.8|14.2|14.0|13.7|9.0|5.6|6.4|9.4
1965|3.7|3.8|6.1|8.2|10.8|13.1|13.3|13.9|11.3|11.1|5.2|5.3|8.8
1964|5.9|5.5|6.0|8.3|11.8|12.7|14.6|14.2|13.4|9.5|8.0|4.9|9.5
1963|-1.6|-0.6|6.7|8.0|9.7|13.5|13.8|13.6|12.0|11.1|7.5|4.5|8.1
1962|4.9|5.6|4.0|7.8|10.0|12.4|13.9|13.5|11.8|10.4|6.3|4.9|8.7
1961|4.5|7.7|8.5|9.2|10.6|13.0|13.9|14.0|13.2|9.8|6.5|3.9|9.6
1960|4.7|3.8|7.0|8.9|12.2|14.6|14.2|14.0|12.3|9.7|7.0|4.0|9.5
Mean|5.5|5.3|7.1|8.5|11.3|13.7|15.4|15.4|13.0|10.1|7.2|5.6|9.8

Calculated using Met Éireann's historical data and UKMO's Northern Ireland data.

Excellent work Sryan!!

sryanbruen · 02-03-2018 1:13am

I will hopefully continue about January 1987 post and replies once this crazy event is over! It's all too much for me.

Meanwhile.... in the UK.

https://twitter.com/liamdutton/status/969363951447404544

Donegal Storm · 02-03-2018 1:28am

Any idea of the lowest in this country? Max at Cork Airport today was -1.8C while the min of -7C is also a station record for March

sryanbruen · 02-03-2018 11:02am

Donegal Storm wrote: »

Any idea of the lowest in this country? Max at Cork Airport today was -1.8C while the min of -7C is also a station record for March

I am looking through the data of various stations from Met Éireann to see for you. Here's some notable March low maximum temperatures I've found so far:

Casement Aerodrome

1.6c on the 1st March 1965
1.8c on the 2nd March 1965 (with an overnight low of -9.6c)
1.9c on the 4th March 1965
0.7c on the 17th March 1979

Cork Airport

0.9c on the 4th March 1965
1.2c on the 16th March 1979
2.0c on the 17th March 1979

From what I can see here, 1 March 2018 has broken records although Met Éireann's historical data documents are really limited in how far you can go back with stations' records.

sryanbruen · 02-03-2018 11:40am

Fun fact: 28th February 2018 was the coldest 28th February day for the CET since 1785.

sryanbruen · 02-03-2018 1:23pm

CET for March 1st came out at -3.5 which is -8.1c below the 1961-90 average. Here's a screenshot of it, bank this for historical sakes! :eek:

sryanbruen · 02-03-2018 4:55pm

Let's take a moment to appreciate these beautiful charts!

sryanbruen · 02-03-2018 7:23pm

Just some fun statistics here

Sub zero CET means for the last day of the meteorological winter (28th or 29th Feb)

1783: -0.1
1785: -3.8
1786: -0.9
1795: -1.0
1796: -0.3
1800: -0.2
1816: -0.5
1866: -3.2
1875: -0.3
1877: -1.0
1881: -0.1
1886: -0.3
1904: -2.9
1929: -1.7
1946: -0.8
1955: -2.3
2018: -3.6

sryanbruen · 02-03-2018 10:34pm

Sub zero CET means for the 1st day of the meteorological spring (1st March)

1785: -3.5
1786: -1.1
1795: -2.0
1804: -0.6
1858: -0.9
1866: -1.0
1881: -0.5
1888: -0.2
1904: -0.4
1909: -0.1
1929: -1.8
1946: -0.1
1947: -1.9
1954: -1.0
1968: -0.3
1986: -0.2
2018: -3.5 (provisionally)

All these figures are from the Hadley Centre by the way

sryanbruen · 03-03-2018 1:30pm

Precipitation totals for 2 March 2018

Dunsany - 53.2mm
Roches Point - 43.5mm
Dublin Airport - 35.2mm
Athenry - 26.4mm
Gurteen - 23.6mm
Johnstown Castle - 22.0mm
Phoenix Park - 17.3mm
Ballyhaise - 10.4mm

In comparison to this time last year:

sryanbruen wrote: »

Wettest March day in many places yesterday since 2004 (when Valentia recorded 42.0mm on the 11th)

Roches Point - 39.5mm
Moore Park - 34.0mm
Shannon Airport - 32.4mm
Cork Airport - 32.0mm
Valentia Observatory - 30.2mm
Mace Head - 29.3mm
Newport - 26.3mm
Sherkin Island - 26.1mm
Athenry - 24.5mm
Claremorris - 22.7mm

Data from Met Éireann.

sryanbruen · 03-03-2018 1:38pm

Some more notable low maxima from yesterday, 2 March 2018, to add to the history books:

Casement Aerodrome; -0.5c
Cork Airport; -0.4c
Dublin Airport; -0.2c
Johnstown Castle; -0.1c
Malin Head; 0.0c
Gurteen; 0.2c
Roches Point; 0.5c

Data from Met Éireann.

sryanbruen · 03-03-2018 2:03pm

These charts are giving me goosebumps looking at them! Cannot wait to see the ones with Emma on them tomorrow and Monday.

sryanbruen · 04-03-2018 1:53pm

More fantastic charts! 1 March 2018.

sryanbruen · 04-03-2018 1:57pm

More heavy precipitation totals from 3 March 2018.

Cork Airport - 43.8mm
Dublin Airport - 33.6mm
Johnstown Castle - 30.2mm
Roches Point - 24.4mm
Dunsany - 21.5mm

Data from Met Éireann.

sryanbruen · 04-03-2018 2:11pm

Notably low maxima from 3 March 2018.

Knock Airport - 0.6c
Ballyhaise - 1.7c
Finner Camp - 2.1c
Claremorris - 2.1c
Dublin Airport - 2.2c
Gurteen - 2.2c
Mount Dillon - 2.2c
Mullingar - 2.2c
Newport - 2.3c
Casement Aerodrome - 2.3c
Athenry - 2.4c
Markree - 2.5c
Dunsany - 2.5c
Valentia Observatory - 3.4c

Data from Met Éireann.

pauldry · 04-03-2018 2:30pm

Should that be minima ?

It was 2c here

sryanbruen · 04-03-2018 2:31pm

pauldry wrote: »

Should that be minima ?

It was 2c here

No, see Met Éireann's yesterday weather page:

http://www.met.ie/latest/yesterday.asp

Irish Weather Statistics

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