As the country was buffeted by 130km/h winds yesterday, a report has confirmed that 2016 has thus far been a washout for most of us.

Residents of Sherkin Islandin West Cork enjoyed the warmest weather in the country last month.

Fact 1: The Atlantic has the biggest impact on our climate. Met Eireann recently published a paper which stated that the changing temperature of the Atlantic, known as the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) explains over 90% of the variation in Ireland’s land temperatures and rainfall.

April set records for dry weather but warnings of showers and cold temperatures for the rest of May

UCC student Gerard Prunty has captured some of the most captivating images ever recorded of West Kerry by launching a weather balloon with a camera mounted to it into the earth's stratosphere.

Valentia in Kerry was the sunniest part of Ireland last month, as the Kerry island had its sunniest September in over 40 years.

Last month was the second-driest September on record, according to data from the Armagh observatory.

Temperatures topped 25C last month, as parts of the country recorded the warmest weather in at least five to 10 years.

WE can see the effects of climate change outside the front door.

It got off to a dream start with a blast of September sunshine drawing crowds to the beaches in the east, and indeed Autumn 2013 performed fairly well throughout.

July was the hottest on record in many parts of the country.

With the first few days of the new year being described as “perfect sales-shopping weather”, there seems to be no end in sight to the mild weather.

It was cool, dull and wet almost everywhere last month.

Large parts of Ireland enjoyed their warmest March in more than half a century, forecasters have confirmed.

Many parts of Ireland enjoyed the warmest March in more than half a century, forecasters have confirmed.

Rainfall for the month of September was above average almost everywhere in the country, it was confirmed today.

THE evidence was all around us but Met Éireann yesterday confirmed it — the summer of 2011 was anything but a scorcher.

DESPITE record-breaking rainfall in parts of the west, overall temperatures were up in May, according to experts.

WITH communion and confirmation season upon us and the Punchestown festival off and running many will be hoping the rest of this week and the month ahead can rival a near record April for sunshine.

IT was a cold, dry and sunny winter, with December one of the coldest months on record, according to Met Éireann.

THE icy weather that brought the country to a halt over Christmas is set to return this week, with households and businesses already struggling to repair the damage caused by the previous cold spell.

December was officially the coldest on record as Arctic conditions left a blanket of frost and heavy snowfall across the country.

DULL, warm but very wet was the weather verdict for July, as the latest Met Éireann weather summary shows last month was one of the wettest on record in some areas.

Twice the average amount of rain fell last month, with parts of the country having the wettest July in 60 years, it was revealed today.

Much of the country shivered through the coldest March for more than a decade, it has emerged.

PARTS of Cork resembled a war zone last night as communities piled up thousands of sandbags in an effort to hold back the flood waters.

Householders around the country tonight faced a second evening without fresh running water as reservoirs were ordered to ration supplies.

Many parts of the country experienced their wettest July for more than 50 years, Met Eireann said today.

Parts of Ireland endured the coldest winter for up to 20 years, Met Éireann revealed today.

DESPITE a dismal, damp summer in 2007, Irish weather for the year was the warmest ever since records began 115 years ago.

Most of Ireland experienced the warmest year on record during 2007 and also some of the most chaotic weather, forecasters revealed today.

Weather forecasters are predicting winter may finally arrive today with snow expected in some places.

SCORCHING temperatures have earned summer 2006 the title of being the warmest, driest and sunniest in more than a decade, according to weather experts.

A CALL went out yesterday for compensation for the owners of land that forms a buffer zone around a weather station outside Caherciveen, because they can never develop or build on it.

A WARNING from consultants that the building of houses, retail warehousing and leisure facilities could have a “fatal effect” on a weather station outside Caherciveen has been heeded by Kerry County Council.

SEARING images of commuters stuck in snowdrifts, cars upended by a mini-tornado, flooded homes and sun-baked summer days suggest a year dominated by extremes of weather in Ireland.

THE first day of summer may not have had us all rooting out bikinis yesterday, but it did allow us to bask in the sunshine. Between the showers and gales of course.

2002 was the wettest year on record at most of the country's weather stations.