Extreme weather in November breaks records

RECORDS were broken by extreme weather last month, Met Éireann revealed yesterday.

Valentia observatory recorded 290 mm of rainfall, the wettest November in Kerry in more than 70 years. However, the north-west was relatively dry, with 89 mm recorded for the month at Malin Head, which received about 25% more sunshine than its normal for the month. The station, however, also reported snow on November 11.

The highest daily rainfall was in Dublin, where more than 75 mm fell on November 14, the wettest day since records began in 1941 at the airport's weather station.