High temperatures and rainfall in August linked to global warming

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Rain levels in west of Ireland was nearly four times higher than average - Met Éireann report

has linked above-average temperature and rainfall levels in the Republic last month to global warming.

The lowest percentage of monthly rainfall was at Dublin’s Phoenix Park where 68.7mm fell, which was 94 per cent of the average. That was the only station that was below average. The number of very wet days, which are defined as days with 10mm or more of rainfall, ranged from one day at the Phoenix Park to 11 days at Athenry, Co Galway.

Mean temperatures for the month were lowest at Knock Airport, Co Mayo at 14.1 degrees, which was 0.4 degrees above its long term average.

 

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