Ireland’s Weather Easter 1916
WEEKLY weather highlights from Sun 23 to Sat 29 April 1916
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Quality controlled data from up to 18 stations operated by the British Meteorological Office
Yellow
Weather
Alert
Rainfall total (% of weekly normal, period 1881-1905)
Lowest 5.2mm (45%) Fitzwilliam Square (Dublin city)
Highest 91mm (479%) Killarney (Kerry)
Ireland, North* (173%)
Ireland, South* (218%)
Highest mean
wind speed
Highest air temp
33knots or Near
gale force 7
(61km/h)
20.6°C
Sat 29 Apr 1916
Mean wind speed
Week dominated by winds from the south (5 days)
Highest hourly mean wind speed 20.8km/h
(moderate breeze or 11.2knots)
Waterford
Orange
Weather
Warning
Mean air temperature (normal period 1881-1905)
Highest 11.9°C (2.6°C above normal)
Fitzwilliam Square (Dublin city)
Lowest 7.6°C (0.3°C below normal) Malin Head (Donegal)
Ireland, North: Daily mean 9.1°C (0.9° above normal)
Ireland, South: Daily mean 10.8°C (1.8°C above normal)
Sunshine mean daily (normal period 1881-1905)
Ireland North
Daily mean 4.5hrs (0.4hrs below normal)
Highest 5.4hrs Malin Head (Donegal)
Ireland South
Daily mean 4.3hrs (1.0hrs below normal)
Highest 5.1hrs (0.7hrs below normal) Phoenix Park (Dublin)
CLIMATOLOGY & OBSERVATIONS DIVISION
For comparison with today, the current forecast warning criteria have been
applied as follows: one orange weather warning for total daily rainfall 5070mm and two yellow weather alert (mean wind speed 50-65km/h and gust
speed 90-110km/h) and warning of icy surfaces in the forecast (see
www.met.ie for more information on forecast warning criteria).
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Sun 23 Apr 1916 at
midnight Weaver’s
Pt (Cork)
Wettest day
46mm
Lowest grass
minimum
Mon 24 Apr 1916
2.2°C
Killarney* (Kerry)
Sun 23 Apr 1916
*41mm on Sun 23
Apr 1916
Phoenix Park
(Dublin)
Lowest daily
minimum air temp
-1.1°C
Mon 24 Apr 1916
Min Temp
Alert for
Ice
Malin Head
(Donegal)
Storm warnings were issued
by the Meteorological Office
on Mon 24 April 1916 at
2:45am when two “south
cones” were hoisted at
stations at the North-West
and South coasts.
Highest wind gust
49knots (91km/h)
Mon 24 Apr 1916
around 2am
Weaver’s Pt (Cork)
Yellow
Weather
Alert
Ireland, North
*Ireland, North
and Ireland,
South were
meteorological
districts at the
time.
Malin Head,
Blacksod Point,
Markree Castle,
Birr Castle,
Armagh and
Donaghadee
Ireland, South
Quilty (wind),
Weaver’s Point
(wind), Dublin
City, Kilkenny,
Waterford, Birr
Castle, Foynes,
Cahir Abbey,
Killarney,
Valencia
(Valentia
Observatory) and
Roche’s Point