By Allison Bray
PEOPLE living in the east shivered through one of the coldest Octobers in 15 years while Dublin broke a 60-year record on Tuesday, recording the coldest day of the month since 1948, Met Eireann announced yesterday.
Across the country, mean temperatures averaged about one degree colder for the entire month although the mercury dramatically plunged this week with unseasonal snowstorms and lashings of sleet and hail in the north and on high ground.
The number of times people woke up to ground frost this month was twice the normal average, with between 12 and 16 ground frosts recorded in some inland areas and severe ground frost in places this past week.
Tuesday’s icy blast, with exceptionally cold Arctic winds blowing off the Irish Sea, smashed a 60-year record when temperatures at Dublin Airport dipped to a bone-chilling -1.3 C.
But everywhere felt the pain, with both day and nighttime temperatures between six and eight degrees below normal.
Above average rainfall also plagued the country for the fifth consecutive month with the Dublin area particularly hard hit, experiencing 80pc of its normal annual rainfall so far this year.
Many weather stations across the country recorded their wettest Octobers since 2000. The western half of the country was more wet than dry all month, recording between 22 and 25 rainy days with more than 1mm of rain compared to the normal range of between 17 and 22 rainy days.
Sunshine
Yet despite the rain, the sun shone more than usual for October, with 20pc more rays recorded and the most amount of sunshine occurring during the first week of the month.
Dublin Airport recorded the most sunshine, racking up 114 hours of sun compared to Malin Head which had only 78 hours of sunshine this month.
And the picture doesn’t look much different heading into November with cold, yet sunny weather set to continue this weekend, according to Met Eireann’s Gerald Fleming.
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