The County Cavan weather station was one of nine in the country that has recorded a year's worth of rain despite there being two months of 2023 left. Results taken at the Cavan station also showed record high temperatures for the month of October. Met Éireann has released its climate report looking at conditions over October.
While, nine weather stations - including in Dublin, Cavan, Sligo, Meath, Roscommon, Mayo and Tipperary - all had record high temperatures for October. Recording stations in Dublin, Cavan, Cork, Meath, Roscommon and Galway have already had a year's amount of rain by the end of October - according to long-term averages. Overall throughout the month, temperatures were above average.
A statement from Met Éireann said: "With all the recent rain - it may be easy to forget the month of October started with a fine spell." The wettest day of the month was on the 18th at Cork Airport - which had its highest daily amount of rain since 1995. Another area in Cork - Moore Park - had its wettest October in 59 years. The highest temperature was at the Phoenix Park when it was just above 23 degrees.
