Heavy Rain Oct 6th

A heavy rain event occurred in the East and South of the Country

Top of the pile was Johnstone Castle Co Kilkenny with 44mm
Then came Roches Point Co Cork with 40 Valentia Co Kerry with 34
and Shannon with 31.

The Capital(Dublin) too had a wet day with 28mm at Casement
over an inch 25mm at Dublin Airport and 23mm Pheonix Park.

First Frost of the Season in Ireland

The first ground frost of the season occurred on the night of October 6th with temperatures in Mullingar Station of 0(zero!) celcius. This is not unusual but it was quite sudden considering the rather mild nights Ireland has been having of late. Sligo has not seen frost yet and indeed last night the temperature only dipped to 7c as the Atlantic blew in some cloud that acted as a type of a blanket to keep the relatively mild air of the day in. For more go to www.weathergossip.com home page.

Dry Autumn change on way

So far this Autumn in both Ireland and the UK has been quite dry but this is about to change from 2nd October onwards with wind and showers becoming established once more. In particular the night of Oct 2nd is looking very windy in the North and West of the British Isles. Gales of up to 50knots will be recorded in some places. On Saturday the winds will still be around but there on they should ease during the day. Showers will continue to be widespread especially for Northern and Western areas as the prevailing wind will be blowing in from this direction. Sunday looks a much brighter and better day for everyone.

September 2009 Temperatures Sligo

Weather for October

The next month of the season is October and this traditionally brings a great mix of weather.
Temperatures by day are usually around 12 to 14c and night time values with be in low single figure ranges in clear weather. There are often a lot of storms in Ireland in October especially late on for some reason.
October of 2009 promises a bit of the same really to be honest. The month may start off dry in Ireland with some bright spells and light winds but rain will soon sweep in from the North and West. This will be the pattern for the whole month from then on with just brief dry intervals. However although rainfall will be plentiful throughout the month there will not be the high figures that we saw during July and August. Temperatures will be well up to normal too and some mild nights may well mean that Ireland will experience one of its warmer Octobers. Frost often occurs during this mid -Autumn month but this will not be the case in 2009 as the Atlantic will influence the weather for the most part.

September to end on a High?

The Area of High pressure that is bringing the current welcome spell of fine and settled weather (albeit with cool nights) looks like fighting until the end of September at least. It may not be over us but it will be near Ireland and the UK possibly to the Northeast with the Autumn Lows kept out frustrated in the Atlantic wondering whats happened their ease of access over the Summer. Temperatures of 17c are likely a lot of days till the end of the month but the monthly average temperature is down on average due to some uncharacteristically cool nights. In Ballyhaise in Co Cavan the temperature dipped to 2.2c on 13th September!