March the coldest on record for most of country

It will hardly come as a surprise to those examining their heating bills for last month but Met Éireann confirmed March was the coldest on record for most of the country.

Only the South and South-West have ever recorded lower temperatures for this time of year. Dublin Airport reported an average temperature of 3.1C for the month, its coldest March since the site opened 71 years ago.

It was a similar picture in the West, where Met Éireann’s Claremorris and Mullingar stations reported their lowest average since they opened in 1950. Met Éireann said the majority of stations in the South and South-West reported their coldest March in 51 years with the exception of Shannon Airport, which reported its coldest March in 58 years.