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SUMMER 2018 WAS one of the hottest and driest on record in Ireland, according to Met Éireann’s official statistics.
In the words of the renowned weather programme The Fast Show, it was scorchio.
But how do those temperatures (all in degrees Celsius) and rainfall amounts compare to the highest and lowest on record?
Test your knowledge.
All figures via Met Éireann.
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6.4 hours of sun the whole month.. how depressing that sounds.
@Yorkie1892: that was year they used students to do the measurements, the sphere was out of service …, over half the day was gone before the stirred out of bed.
@Yorkie1892: and then you realise you are in Donegal.
@Daveinson: When you can’t see the blue stack mountains….it’s raining. When you can see the blue stack mountains…..it’s about to rain!
Here’s a question….what’s the most ridiculous quiz ever????
@George McCarthy: I think we have a contender right here
@George McCarthy: Ah here, who doesn’t enjoy some useless trivia?
You scored 4 out of 9!
Well, that was flipping shite, Ted!
1960 almost 4,000 mm rain in one month. That explains the baby boom!
This quiz wasn’t for the lay person…
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