Read MoreAnd even without the melting heat in July, temperatures would have worked out at higher than average at all Met Éireann’s 25 stations. April was exceptionally dry, with the country as a whole receiving just 33pc of the normal rainfall for the month. Four weather stations – in Tipperary, Carlow, Cork and Wexford – recorded their driest April on record and Co Wexford experienced near drought conditions. Three other stations – in Galway, Cork and Tipperary – also had their coldest May on record and for most of the 20 weather stations, it was their coldest May in 25 years. A heatwave is declared when temperatures exceed 25C for five days running, as happened at more than half the weather stations.

Source: Irish Independent December 28, 2021 15:16 UTC