N.I. WARMING

Northern Ireland experienced one of its warmest summers on record over the past three months, the Met Office has said.

The average temperature over the summer was 15.06C, setting this year behind 2006 and 1995 on the all-time list.

The summer included a record-breaking high temperature of 31.3C for Northern Ireland, recorded in July.

But the amount of rainfall in what was a duller and cooler August was 10% more than the average for Northern Ireland.

Temperature records covering the area of Northern Ireland date back to 1884.

This summer's average temperature was 1.17C above the Northern Ireland average.