Met Eireann reported that the majority of monthly rainfall totals in November were above their long-term average.
The percentage of monthly rainfall values ranged from 64% at Finner, Co Donegal to 237 % - the highest monthly rainfall total of 173.0 mm - at Dublin Airport, its wettest November since 2002. Mean air temperatures across the country were also below their long-term average for the month.
Sunshine totals across the country were mixed - it was dull in the East and North - a good reason to crack out the vitamin D enhanced mushrooms!
As we edge into December weather prognostications have turned and suggest minus 20C Arctic conditions leading into Christmas, and a stormier outlook too.
Let’s hope the polar predictions are askew. Unless of course you’re after a very white Christmas.
Instead of polar weather we ended up with record breaking warm weather! A new maximum temperature for December in the UK has been provisionally recorded by the Met Office. Data suggests a temperature of 18.7C was reached at Achfary, in the Highlands of Scotland, on 28 December. If validated, it would be the hottest day of the month on record in Britain.
