Extreme weather in November breaks records
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.
Air temperatures, it emerged, were well above normal throughout the country, averaging two degrees higher in the east.
Met Éireann said it was the warmest November for between five and eight years at most stations. Rain was measured on almost every day of the month with the average wet days
1 mm or more of rainfall higher than average.
Meanwhile, the ESB said power supplies were last night restored to about 2,000 customers following
Sunday's storm.
The company said the networks, generally, survived the 87 mph gusts, with most of its 1.6 million customers unaffected. With about one billion euro expended in the past three years in improving power distribution systems, ESB spokesman Michael Kelly said: "We are not being complacent, but the outages are not severe and reflect the extensive work we put into upgrading the networks.
"They stood up well to the storms," he added.
Meanwhile, a search will commence today for a drifting yacht from which a lone sailor was rescued on Sunday. Welshman Trevor Wilson received medical attention for injuries to his ribs and arms after his 25 ft yacht Vowden was driven off course en route from Plymouth to Madeira in Spain. He was rescued by Courtmacsherry lifeboat off the Old Head of Kinsale.
Meantime, 14 crewmen aboard French trawler Acomit, which experience engine problems, sheltered overnight in Castletownbere, Co Cork, after being towed into port yesterday by another French vessel.
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