March of Many Weathers

Sunshine at Fota Wildlife Park, Co Cork

This is what they usually say about March and 2011 will be no exception. So far Ireland has seen sun, rain, hail, wind, sleet and even snow at some levels. So for the rest of the month this will probably continue to be the case although the temperatures will be on a slightly more upward spiral than at present and the sun will be a lot stronger.

For March 12th there was some snow at low levels in Ulster and North Connaught but this should be all that there is now though there is still a slight risk of the white stuff for March 13th. The South and East have been considerably milder with temperatures of about 8 to 10c compared to the 2 to 4c in the North and West.

There is unlikely to be any more snow until the end of March when there is a risk of some more wintry showers as a High Pressure that was over Ireland shifts to the Southwest. Temperatures for the rest of the month will fluctuate also between mild in the midteens to colder single figures though nothing exceptional. It will probably end up as a month that was slightly milder than normal, slightly drier than normal and slightly sunnier than normal for Ireland.