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St Patrick's Park, Celbridge, in 2018 Image: Henry Bauress
Both the coldest and hottest days of 2023 were recorded in County Kildare.
The closest temperature of the year observed in Ireland was at Lullymore, where the temperature dropped to minus 7.2 degrees celsius on January 17.
According to Met Éireann’s Irish Climate Report (provisional) the hottest day in Ireland was also recorded at Lullymore.
This was on September 8, again at Lullymore, when the temperature was recorded at 29.1 degrees celsius.
It is expected that 2023 will be the warmest year on record for Ireland, beating the previous warmest year of 2022. For the first time, Ireland’s annual average temperature was greater than 11°C (record length 124 years). 2022 was the previous warmest year on record at nearly 10.9°C, narrowly beating 2007 by just 0.1°C.
Keith Lambkin, Head of Climate Services at Met Éireann said: “Ireland has seen a remarkable year with rainfall and warming at unprecedented levels at times. These record-breaking extremes have knock-on consequences to much of society. Past weather events are no longer a reliable indicator of future weather events, but knowing this allows us to better plan and adapt to our changing climate.”
2023 saw the warmest June on record and the year also saw the wettest March and the wettest July on record.
It has been over a century since the coldest March (1919), April (1922), May (1923), July (1922), August (1912), September (1918) and November (1919).
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