Average Irish temperatures up for 11th year
31/12/2004 - 07:29:46Ireland got warmer for the 11th successive year in 2004, with almost every month of the year experiencing above-normal temperatures.
A Met Eireann report on the year’s weather shows that temperatures were higher than normal in every month except July and October.
The warmest days of the year were over the August Bank Holiday weekend, when temperatures of more than 25 degrees were experienced throughout the country. A high of 27 degrees was recorded in Galway.
June 15, meanwhile, was the sunniest day of the year, with 16 hours of sunshine recorded at Cork Airport on that day.
Rainfall was close to normal for much of 2004, but heavy rains sparked major floods in October, when 150mm of rain fell in the south and south-east on the 27th and 28th of the month.
