[PDF] Top 20 Monthly Weather Bulletin September 2004

... Long-term drought persisted during September across portions of the Greater Horn of Africa, including sections of Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania. Drought also affected parts of Lesotho, Malawi and ... See full document

... during September 2011, NASA satellites were keeping tabs on a number of tropical storm ...of September, crossed the Atlantic, reaching Irish waters and the UK as a post-tropical storm on the ...By ... See full document

... After a dry start to the month, heavy rain was recorded in all areas between the 4th and 7th, with some exceptionally heavy falls in places. Dungarvan (Carriglea) recorded 71.0mm on the 5th, the highest September ... See full document

... of September was dull, but almost cloudless conditions over the country between the 9th and 13th gave over 10 hours of sunshine each day during this period in most places, bringing monthly totals above ... See full document

... The chart below right shows the summer Poulter Index since 1950, also averaged at the same four long-term stations. The Poulter Index is a method of quantifying summer weather using a formula based on mean ... See full document

... Saturday 29th: Patchy light rain or drizzle overnight and throughout the day. This became more persistent, with heavier falls during the afternoon and evening. Sunshine in the west and southwest, mostly cloudy elsewhere. ... See full document

... Mean maximum temperatures were below average in parts of Dublin, Wicklow, Cork and Roscommon. Highest maxima were mainly recorded during the high pressure period at the start of the month and ranged between 17.1°C at ... See full document

... for September were more than two degrees above normal almost everywhere, ranging from ...warmest September on record at many stations where records commenced since the 1950s, while it was the warmest for ... See full document

... An rare moon event appeared in the Irish skies on the 28th of September. Two things happened concurrently; a lunar eclipse where the Earth cast its whole shadow over the moon and a ‘supermoon’ where the full moon ... See full document

... to 2004, that part of the Antarctic Peninsula where the Wilkins Ice Shelf lies warmed by about ...Since 2004, almost all of Antarctica has warmed, cancelling out much of the cooling observed between 1981 ... See full document

... states of the U.S. between the 15th and 17th. Strong winds produced power outages that affected hundreds of thousands from South Carolina to Maine, while heavy rainfall generated flooding in many areas. New York had its ... See full document

... The spell of exceptionally wet months began in April 2000, which was the wettest on record at many stations in southern and northeastern Britain, with monthly totals three times higher than normal in places. ... See full document

... to 18 years. The longest period of observa- tions exceeded was at both Cork (Clover Hill) and Wexford Wildfowl Reserve with highest maxima of 24.3°C on August 10th and 21.8°C on September 2nd, respectively, both ... See full document

... Friday 30th: Mild and humid overnight. A cold front moved across the country during the day, bringing cool and damp weather to all areas. Clearer weather with scattered showers followed in the afternoon. ... See full document

... All monthly mean air temperatures were on or above their Long-Term Average ...of September mean air temperatures were on or higher than those in August ...14.9°C, September mean 15.8°C) and its ... See full document

... Monthly mean sea level pressure values ranged from 1014 hPa in the North to just over 1016 hPa in the South. The month’s minimum pressure value of 992.8 hPa was measured at Malin Head on the 15th as a low pressure ... See full document

... Summary: Despite some cold weather during the last week of January, mean air temperatures for the month as a whole were around a degree higher than normal. There was very little air frost recorded during the first ... See full document

... normal at most stations, especially in the north. Heavy falls were measured at all stations around mid-month, some of which was in the form of sleet or snow between the 11th and 13th; there were also some heavy showers ... See full document

... 22nd/23rd as an unusually deep depression for June of central pressure 984hPa crossed the south of the country (see charts above and left); another band of heavy rain followed on the 26th. Winds reached gale force in ... See full document

... Thursday 29th: Early rain in the southwest as a frontal system approached from the Atlantic. The front moved steadily eastwards, bringing rainfall to all areas by noon, with some very heavy falls, particularly in the ... See full document