[PDF] Top 20 Monthly Weather Bulletin November 2003

... powerful solar flares in recorded history. The flares and resulting coronal mass ejections (CMEs) resulted in dramatic displays of the aurora borealis over Ireland, seen from as far south as Sherkin Island, shown left. ... See full document

... for November at several ...for November in up to 60 years of record were observed, breaking the old records by three or four degrees in most ...for November in Ireland, breaking the old record of ... See full document

... An unusual spring heatwave over southern Australia broke numerous records and left the land extremely vulnerable to fire danger. Adelaide recorded eight consecutive days with temperatures in excess of 35 °C, and the ... See full document

... cold weather at times during November, particularly during the last week, mean air temperatures for the month overall were around half a degree higher than normal generally, and more than a degree above ... See full document

... Wednesday 28th: Mild overnight with rain, some of which was heavy, spreading eastwards across the country. The rain was followed by clearer weather, with scattered showers and some sunny spells in the afternoon. ... See full document

... Monday 6th: Generally cold and foggy overnight with ground frost in many parts. Milder and breezy along northwestern coasts however, with the odd light shower. The fog cleared generally in the morning, but lingered until ... See full document

... Autumn rainfall totals were near or a little below normal at most stations, but the total at Cork Airport was 32% higher than normal. October was a wet month at almost all stations, but both September and November ... See full document

... A cold front stretching from the Gulf of Mexico to the Northeast United States collided with a warm air mass on November 16th, creating severe storms that spawned tornadoes across several states. NOAA's Storm ... See full document

... its coolest autumn in seven years. The largest difference from LTA was at Fethard (Parsonshill), Co Tipperary with 1.4°C with a mean temperature of 11.1°C, its second highest autumn mean temperature since records began ... See full document

... last November, rainfall totals for April were above normal almost ...cold weather during April, especially between the 4th and 8th when wintry showers were widespread, but mean air temperatures for the ... See full document

... with monthly totals three times higher than normal in ...to November) was by far the wettest in the series, with a total of 503mm compared with the normal for the 1961-1990 period of ... See full document

... The majority of stations recorded their highest daily rainfall during the first fortnight in June, excluding some parts of the East and South which recorded their greatest daily accumula- tions on September 24th and ... See full document

... Most monthly rainfall totals were above LTA. Nearly double or more the monthly LTA was recorded in some parts of the North, Northwest, Midlands, West and ...wettest November in six ... See full document

... all monthly rainfall totals were below average, with isolated areas in the North and Southwest reporting near or above average ...driest November since 1983 (30 years). Despite very low monthly ... See full document

... Rainfall was below average in the North and Midlands, and in some areas in the South, East and West. Lowest Long-Term Average (LTA) precentage values were recorded in Monaghan, Louth and Galway with the month’s lowest ... See full document

... Saturday 27th: Patchy drizzle in the southwest and some fog patches in places also towards morning. A front in the northwest moving southeastwards brought cool, dull and wet conditions to most areas by evening. Very ... See full document

... Mean air temperatures for the season were between half a degree and one degree higher than normal. Although there were spells of cold and frosty weather at times, particularly around mid-January and mid- February, ... See full document

... Monday 9th: Mild and dry at first generally with some fog patches. Rain moved into the southwest overnight and pushed steadily northeastwards bringing dull, very wet weather to all parts for the rest of the day. ... See full document

... wet weather pushed southeastwards during the morning, clearing the east coast around ...Brighter weather with scattered showers followed from the ... See full document

... Sunday 26th: Very mild during the day with damp, dull weather lingering along western coastal regions, but mostly dry with good sunny spells elsewhere. Temperatures above normal. Mild again after dark with spots ... See full document