Met Eireann says July 2023 was over four times wetter than July 2022.
Last month is provisionally the wettest July on record in Ireland.
📈July 2023 was provisionally Ireland’s wettest July on record 🌧️
▶️217% of the 1981-2010 Long Term Average rainfall fell
▶️4 times more rain than July 2022
Find out more in our article 📰 https://t.co/cf7VRAlNvj https://t.co/gHSVcTufkV— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) August 1, 2023
Met Eireann says October 2022 and March of this year are also the wettest recorded of those months.
A weather station in Dublin's Phoenix Park broke an 82 year old rainfall record in July.
Meanwhile a station at Knock Airport saw rain for 37 days in a row between the end of June and end of July.