Very Mild October Everywhere

October 2009 was a very mild and quite pleasant month in all parts of Ireland with temperatures regularly in the midteens. At times particularly near the end of the month the temperatures hit the high teens. Sligo had a temperature of 17c in October while parts of the East and Southeast saw 19c. These are more typical of temperatures from June or July. As far as rainfall was concerned it was quite low in the First half but more plentiful in the second part of the month with the South and East enduring a couple of days of Heavy Rain near the end. The North and West escaped the worst of this and rainfall was below normal in these parts.

COLDEST NIGHTS IN IRELAND - the reason

So far in Sligo the coldest night of the Autumn/Winter season occurred on October 12th last. The temperature dipped to 6.4c which is nothing spectacular really. weathergossip will be keeping an eye on these figures. Oh, also so far the coldest night in any met eireann weather station has been minus (yes minus)0.7c at Mullingar Weather Station on 6th October. Why is it so cold here I hear you ask?

It has all to do with the Atlantic influence that places like Sligo benefit from in Winter that keep temperatures relatively high as opposed to the Eastern side of Ireland due to the build up of cloud that we get along the Atlantic. The flipside of this is that we also experience a lot more rain than the East 90% of the time. In Summertime the downside also is that the cloud spilling in from the Atlantic leaves temperatures relatively low especially in the Northwest. This Summer it was 16c here in Sligo a lot of the same days that it was 19c in Kilkenny for example.

So back to the coldest night of the year so far. It is not exceptional nor will it be probably. Last Winter for example the coldest night in Sligo was minus 4.2c but of course the weathergossip weather station only recorded a low of minus 1.4c. This is due to the fact that it is located in the back garden of my house and if it were to be removed to the front it is feared that it may not be as safe there. So at times the minima can be a bit minimalistic but I will let you know when they are out.

By searching the link http://www.weathergossip.blogspot.com/ a longer range picture of the Winter is beginning to emmerge and (thats not how you spell emmerge is it) and the dryness and benigness of the Autumn has become apparent. You may remember that weathergossip predicted the Autumn to be dry some months back. We told you that from September 9th things would be dry and indeed this has turned out to be the case. For more on this you can go to www.weathergossip.com/autumn.html

Finally a new addition to http://www.weathergossip.com/ is the new snow forecast for all of you snow lovers out there. It is a new idea where the next day that it is likely to snow in Ireland is put on the site and changed when its wrong - no! I was not meant to write that no but the next day of expected Wintry type precipation is put on the site and the snow lovers amongst you can then get excited and buy the carrots to stick in the noses of your snowmen. But Sligo people and Irish people in general, do not get over excited. Ireland only ever gets 2 - 4 days of good snow a day on average in the last decade. The snow link is only a guide to a day where there is hope that snow will fall and before I forget that ever important link it is www.weathergossip.com/snow.html

Coldest Nights (Sligo) Sept 2009 Onwards....

October 4th......................................................8.6c

October 3rd 2009............................................8.9c

September 12th 2009.....................................9.5c

September 11th 2009....................................9.8c

September 10th 2009....................................10.1c

Warmest Days (Sligo) Summer 2009 On....

1. JUNE 2ND 2009.........................24.7C

2.JUNE 25TH 2009.........................24.2C

3. JUNE 24TH 2009.........................23.9C

4. JUNE 4TH 2009.........................23.8C

5. JUNE 29TH 2009 ......................23.2C

6. JUNE 27TH 2009.......................23.0C

7. JUNE 28TH 2009.......................22.6C

8. JULY 1ST 2009..........................21.8C

9. JULY 2ND 2009.........................21.2C

10. SEPTEMBER 13TH 2009...............19.5C

Rainfall Wettest Days (Sligo) Summer 2009 on....

The information below is a record of all the wettest days in Sligo this year this will be constantly updated so that by the end of the year a database

RAINFALL (WILL BE UPDATED AS NEW FIGURES ENTER TOP 10).

1.AUGUST 31ST 2009.......................................38.4MM

2.AUGUST 23RD 2009......................................29.1MM

3.June 18th 2009...................22.9mm

4.July 13th 2009...............21mm

5.June 12th 2009..........19.4mm

6.May 24th 2009................18.5mm

7.August 17th 2009................15.4mm

8.August 4th 2009............15.1mm

9.August 27th 2009.............13.3mm

10.July 18th 2009.................11.2mm

Sunset in Sligo

Strandhill, Co Sligo

Lough Key, Co Roscommon