Kerry sees highest daily August rainfall since 1986 during Storm Betty

Records were also broken in Cork with Cork Airport recording its highest daily rain fall for August since 1998 and Roches Point had its highest daily fall on record

Felled branches in Dublin in the aftermath of high winds after Storm Betty hit the country. Picture: Claudia Savage/PA Wire

Co Kerry saw the highest daily rainfall in August since 1986, according to new provisional data from Met Éireann. 

Friday, August 18, was the month's wettest day as Storm Betty swept across the county and some 74mm of rain fell in the Kingdom.