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Woman sits on a bench at Sandycove Beach during sunny weather on 19 June. Eamonn Farrell

Last month was coldest June since 2015, with monthly rainfall below long-term average

Met Éireann today released its climate statement for June 2024.

AVERAGE TEMPERATURES ACROSS Ireland last month were 13.18 degrees, making it the coldest June since 2015.

The coldest June in Met Éireann’s 125-year dataset was the 11.08 degrees recorded in 1972, while the warmest June was recorded last year, with an average temperature of 16.22 degrees.

Last month’s average temperature was also 0.51 degrees below the 1991-2020 long-term average for June.

In its climate statement for June issued today, Met Éireann said this June was a “relatively dry and cool month overall”.

Met Éireann said the first half of the month was dominated by a northerly airflow from the Arctic, which kept temperatures and rainfall below average.

The wettest period of the month occurs between Thursday 13 and Saturday 15 June, when low pressure from the Atlantic broke though and brought with it heavy showers.

In low pressure systems, air rises and blows in an anticlockwise direction, which causes clouds to form and can lead to rain and often results in unsettled weather.

In the second half of the month, the weather system coming from the warmer climes of the Azores in the North Atlantic Ocean kept Ireland mostly dry and mild, with Sunday 23 to Wednesday 26 June being the warmest period of the month.

The highest temperature last month of 26.6 degrees was recorded at Dublin’s Phoenix Park on Monday 24 June.

Meanwhile, all rainfall totals were below the 1981-2010 long-term averages, but it was wettest in the Northwest while Cork experienced its driest June since 2018.

Monthly rainfall totals ranged from 30.4 mm at Dublin Airport, Co Dublin to 80.7 mm at Newport, Co Mayo.

The monthly rainfall total was 35.1 mm at Cork Airport and 67.7 mm at Finner, Co Donegal.

The highest daily rainfall total was 23.1 mm at Valentia Observatory, Co Kerry on 13 June.

The number of rain days – defined as a day on which 0.2 mm or more of rainfall is measured – ranged from nine days at both Roche’s Point, Co Cork and Cork Airport to 23 days at Malin Head, Co Donegal.

The number of wet days – a day with 1.0 mm or more of rainfall – ranged from five days at Oak Park, Co Carlow to 16 days at both Newport, Co Mayo and Markree, Co Sligo.

Meanwhile, the number of very wet days – a day with 10.0 mm or more of rainfall – ranged from zero days at a few stations to four days at Newport, Co Mayo.

As for the sunshine, all totals were above their long-term averages, ranging from 124.7 hours of monthly sunshine at Belmullet, Co Mayo, to 181.3 hours at Cork Airport.

The number of dull days – a day with less than half an hour of sunshine – ranged from one day at a few stations to five days at both Valentia Observatory, Co Kerry and Belmullet, Co Mayo.

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    Jan 9th 2025, 12:22 AM

    This is all about blame, the government wants the ability to point to a quango and blame it on the future hikes in energy and fuel prices, but we all know it them pushing the failed green ajenda and making ordinary people poorer.

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    Jan 9th 2025, 1:03 AM

    @087 bed: Yep Germany closed down their nuclear and coal electricity plants, and bought into the renewables like wind and solar, but when they turned off their cheap russian gas, it exposed the whole scam!

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    Jan 9th 2025, 7:02 AM

    @Dave Callaghan: What scam? Nuclear and renewables were never claimed to be able to fully replace gas. It is much cheaper and cleaner to use gas generation than coal. Without renewables and nuclear, the impact of the Russian gas reduction would’ve been much greater

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    Jan 9th 2025, 8:40 AM

    @087 bed: The ‘quango’ is entirely in your imagination.

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    Jan 9th 2025, 10:24 AM

    @Brendan O’Brien: Brendan. The quango is enabled by the EU, who won’t change how the price of electricity is decided.
    Under the rules they dreamed up, the price is decided by whichever is the most expensive at a given time.
    Say wind is cheap at the moment and gas is the dearest. The gas price is what is charged for all the electricity.

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    Jan 9th 2025, 1:57 PM

    @Donal Ronan: How come we pay the most for electricity in the E.U. so?

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    Jan 9th 2025, 8:28 PM

    @Brian D’Arcy: Brian. It would be worth your while reading Mario Draghi’s report and what he says about decoupling electricity prices.
    The electricity company bosses nearly had heart attacks.
    Electricity prices are decided by the dearest at a given time, which is usually gas. Even though gas doesn’t generate as much electricity anymore.
    We are stuck with the same EU rules. Hence high prices, which for everything in Ireland is higher.
    The wind guys must be laughing.
    I love when they say energy security and independence.

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    Jan 9th 2025, 5:24 AM

    Note to new justice minister– we need a huge detention centre built pronto to hold all the illegal immigrants until they can be sent back to wherever they came from. And FFS start enforcing our immigration laws !!!

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    Jan 9th 2025, 6:14 AM

    ”Eighty-five percent of people who applied for international protection at Dublin Airport in 2023 arrived without a correct identity document. In total, 4,712 people arrived at Dublin Airport and claimed asylum in 2023; 4,007 had either no or false identity documents” …breaking news.ie 12 August 2024
    Were all these unvetted illegals locked up?… No

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    Jan 9th 2025, 6:16 AM

    Less woke politics and more law and order please!!

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    Jan 9th 2025, 7:28 AM

    ”State spent €2.5m per day in 2024 to house International Protectction applicants” -breakingnews.ie 2024.

    ”airlines fined €2.5m in last two years for flying in passengers without travel documents” Irish examiner 2024

    That’s an example of open borders woke politics. Rodders and Helen have an awful lot to answer for. I hope Rodders gets no speaking time in the next Dail the git

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    Jan 9th 2025, 8:09 AM

    @Finn Barr: we need an effective robust immigration system. One where is based on those vulnerable and in need of protection. Additionally the numbers who are coming via Belfast and not through an official port of entry into Ireland and rocking up to the justice office to apply for protection with no identification. The department of education and all the “third level” colleges need to be brought to the table, the number of people who are claiming aslyum while also attending a third level college paying third level fees but applying for aslyum and getting free accommodation!

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    Jan 9th 2025, 12:35 AM

    At least we’ve no more Tweeting Roderic, inviting the dregs of the 3rd world here and it looks like the days of Helen McEntee handing out Irish citizenships like confetti are over, thank phuk.
    Michael Healy Rae for the climate job (just to piss off the Greens)

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    Jan 9th 2025, 6:35 AM

    @Dave Callaghan: i think Danny for that portfolio would piss the greens off even more.We might even get the gas storage plant at Ballylongford.

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    Jan 9th 2025, 12:35 AM

    Please let Healy ray be in charge of energy. Pleeeeeease

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    Jan 9th 2025, 6:13 AM

    Not a good time to piśś off our most important trading partner by needlessly involving ourselves in the Gaza/Israel conflict.
    Perhaps our new buddies in South Africa can advise on energy policy.
    Like us, they cannot run their own country properly, or even keep the lights on, but see fit to interfere in the internal conflict in Israel.

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    Jan 9th 2025, 6:24 AM

    @Thomas Sheridan: South Africa’s energy policy is about 3 hours electricity per day. Then during the blackouts they rob all the copper off the power lines. The natives really made a lovely job of that country since they got it back!!!

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    Jan 9th 2025, 6:36 AM

    This is the South African parliament

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    Jan 9th 2025, 6:37 AM
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    Jan 9th 2025, 6:39 AM

    @Thomas Sheridan: I presume you are talking about the US. The US isn’t our most important trading partner. That’s Europe, and if Israel is brought to book, what harm. I’m equally annoyed with Hamas, etc, but far too many innocents have died during this war and it needs to stop. We have the Israeli Government pulling their Embassy, we’ve had our soldiers( peacekeepers) shot at and harassed by the IDF.

    It’s time to end this.

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    Jan 9th 2025, 7:40 AM

    @Thomas Sheridan: So it’s needlessly to speak out about a war where tens of thousands of innocent people are being killed?. So why don’t we stop needlessly getting involved in Ukraine/Russia conflict and the rest of the world conflicts?. Best to stay out of all them and not be selective wouldn’t you say.

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    Jan 9th 2025, 8:55 AM

    @Paul O’Mahoney: Europe isn’t a country, and America is our biggest export market according to the OTB article in today’s Irish Independent.
    It also raises the question that I have. Why set ourselves apart from our EU partners in this regard. And for what benefit.
    Ireland could have played a more constructive role in the conflict by acting as an independent honest broker rather than a bully to Israel and throwing our lot in with Hamas terrorists.
    It simply isn’t our fight.
    Its showboating on the international stage and Celtic Tiger type hubris, at a time when we cannot provide housing for our own population.
    I note that Ireland is funding new water pipe infrastructure there. Presumably to replace the ones that were dug up to make missiles to be fired at Israeli civilians.

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    Jan 9th 2025, 8:56 AM

    @Finn Barr: it must make the Dunnes Store boycotted really proud

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    Jan 9th 2025, 1:04 PM

    @Enoch Kochwomble: Why should I be told to move to a basket case country for simply expressing a legitimate view that is the same as one of our MEPs today.
    Presumably, you would have no problem with the dregs from SA illegally coming here.
    Your comment is symptomatic of the Loony Left intolerance to diverse opinions.

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    Jan 9th 2025, 4:53 AM

    FFG may yet rue that they won the election, lots of nasty stuff coming down the track!

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    Jan 9th 2025, 6:33 AM

    @Brian Hunt: Like what? I’m not saying there’s only sunshine and lollipops awaiting us but I would like get read what people think.

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    Jan 9th 2025, 1:31 PM

    As long as McEntee is out that’s fine.

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    Jan 9th 2025, 11:31 AM

    The one glaring issue is getting the likes of Fisheries, Forests and Wildlife into one Dept, like in North America, the very first move being to amalgamate IFI and NPWS and probably EPA as well. At present they are being deliberately held toothless.
    Also it will virtually need a new Dept. to oversee getting rid of that asine “no Nuclear” leglislation and planning for achieving our Climate oblgations before we end up paying vast sums to the French on one hand and loosing a large whack of Big Tech and their Data on the other.

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    Jan 9th 2025, 9:02 AM

    I would like to think that Mr.Martin and Mr.Harris have discussed the next US Ambassador?

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    Jan 9th 2025, 12:26 PM

    Make Kilgarvan Great Again

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    Jan 9th 2025, 9:56 PM

    Big task to repair Ireland Energy infrastructure after years of mismanagement by Chief Muppet Ryan.

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