Word from Met: it was wet, wet, wet

FOR the second successive summer, rainfall totals were above normal everywhere and were more than twice the average in the east and southeast.

According to Met Eireann, Dublin Airport had its wettest summer since 1958, while it was the wettest at Cork Airport since records began there in 1962 (450mm).

Exceptionally heavy daily rainfalls included 90mm at Castlemahon, Co Limerick, on July 31, while Belderrig, Co Mayo, measured 100mm on August 13.