[PDF] Top 20 Monthly Weather Bulletin December 2001

... cold weather in the period March 1st to ...and December were sunniest relative to normal, while the summer was sunny in the west and south but relatively dull in the east and ... See full document

... cold weather during December brought some of the lowest temperatures ever recorded in Ireland, together with heavy snowfalls in ...milder weather, while overall the month was drier and sunnier than ... See full document

... December rainfall totals were near or below normal over most of the country, but they were higher than normal at many Leinster stations. Totals ranged from 49mm at Gurteen to 232mm at Delphi Lodge, Co. Mayo, with ... See full document

... and December, while January, July and August were dull; percentage of normal sunshine values for August were only around 60% in places, making it the dullest on record in ... See full document

... most stations recording February and October as their wettest month and March as their driest. The majority of stations during Spring and Summer 2011 were relatively dry with exception of a few stations east and ... See full document

... The period around the middle of the month was mostly dry, with little or no rainfall measured between the 13th and 21st. Rainfall was recorded on every other day of the month, however, and the number of wetdays during ... See full document

... Summary: December was a month of contrasting weather types, as wet and windy weather during the first half of the month was replaced by much calmer conditions with little rainfall, but with ... See full document

... Monthly mean air temperatures were mainly on or above their LTA in the western half of the country. Differences from monthly mean LTAs ranged from -0.7°C at Dublin (Merrion Square) with a monthly ... See full document

... The majority of sunshine totals were above average. Percentage of LTA values ranged from 84% at Sherkin Island, Co Cork (total monthly sunshine 149.5 hours) to 118% at Dublin Airport (total monthly sunshine ... See full document

... fine weather during the middle of April for the deployment of the latest in the network of marine weather buoys around the Irish ...marine weather elements from its position ten miles west of Rossan ... See full document

... stations reported it as their warmest on record in the parts of the South, Southwest, Midlands, Southeast and East reported their warmest December on record. Most highest maxima were reported on the 18th, while ... See full document

... for December in at least 15 to 52 years, with the longest period of observations exceeded at Malin Head with a highest maximum of ...for December since 1955 (58 ... See full document

... The majority of mean maximum temperatures were on or above average, with highest maxima mainly recorded on the 21st and 22nd. Highest maximum temperatures ranged from 11.1°C at Mace Head, Co. Galway to 15.0°C Piltown ... See full document

... knots generally (9 and 19 km/hour); these values are more typical of those for a summer month. At both Rosslare and Cork Airport, mean windspeeds were the lowest on record for December. The highest gust of the ... See full document

... wet weather early on, the second half of the month was fairly dry and rainfall totals were near normal in many places, but most midland and western counties received less than their February ...sunny ... See full document

... Summary: Although temperatures for most of March were close to normal, spells of very cold weather at the beginning and again around mid- month meant that mean temperatures overall were below normal almost ... See full document

... Mean windspeeds for the month of between 6 and 10 knots generally (7 and 12m.p.h.) were close to normal at most stations but were below normal in the south. The strongest winds of the month were recorded on the 19th in ... See full document

... normal weather around the middle of the month, some high temperatures at both the beginning and end of July brought monthly mean temperatures above normal almost everywhere, by around half a degree ... See full document

... Tuesday 23rd: An active frontal depression off the southwest coast moved northeastwards during the day. Mild with scattered showers overnight. Wet weather pushed northeastwards during the day, clearing to brighter ... See full document

... The early part of the month was dry, with less than 5mm of rain measured during the period 1st to 12th; little or no rain was recorded also between 18th and 23rd. There were between 7 and 11 wetdays (days with 1.0mm or ... See full document