Stormy End to September

October 2012 will be settled

As we head to the end of the month of September Ireland and the UK have got a real hammering from a deep area of Low Pressure on September 24th and 25th. This has brought up to 50mm of rain to the East coast of Ireland with the worst effected areas being Dublin, Meath and Wicklow. 

October looks set to be a lot quieter and drier and temperatures will be above normal for the first 10 days of the month.

This after a September with rainfall and sunshine around normal. So far the Autumn has not been too bad weatherwise in Ireland.

Drier September

A warm September overall

September is finally here and after the dampness and heavy showers of the Summer it is hoped that it will bring a lot more in the way of dry weather to Ireland. Indeed September tends to bring a lot of dry weather in recent years as the kids go back to school and people give up on the idea of a Summer it often happens that we then get a spell of nice warm and dry weather to show how unpredictable the weather can be.

This September is no different as the High that eluded our shores during the Summer finally makes an appearance. The first half of the month in particular looks dry and mild or even warm with the temperatures in the range of 18 to 22c. These temperatures are more akin to values that Ireland should get on a good July. 

The second half of September will see more seasonal values as some cooler air pools back in over Ireland and the weather will see more in the way of rain with the temperatures of around 13 to 17c and by then too night time values will probably be a lot lower at 8 or 9c. For the first half of the month the night values will be 13 or 14c at times meaning the average temperature this September could be as high as 14c.

Rainfall for the month is going to be quite low except towards the end of the month there could be some wet and windy episodes and this will bring it near normal but after such a wet Summer September will be the first below normal rainfall month in quite a while.