September 2010

Sunset on 2nd September. The month began with some very fine weather - with temperatures reaching 22°C.

August 2010

Kell's Priory on the 24th - which was a bright but breezy day. While only having one "hot" day - August was a good month overall with many dry days and normal temperatures.

July 2010

Ballyline, Co. Kilkenny 5th July. There was a fine, dry start to the month but thereafter it turned very wet with temperatures struggling to reach the 20°C mark.

June 2010 

Light shower clouds approaching Kilkenny on 6th June. Early June saw some mixed weather - some warm days but also some rain. Luckily the fair weather held out for most of the holiday weekend, monday excepted.

May 2010 

May 1st and the cherry trees are in full blossom. After a cold start to Spring, above normal temperatures in April has speeded up growth. The first week in May too was cold but we also saw some warm days later on, with temperatues peaking at almost 26° on the 23rd.

April 2010

April 2nd above Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny. The heavy snow that fell overnight 30th/31st March is still on the ground. The first 7 days of April were cold and sometimes wet - however by Sunday 11th, temperatures had recovered and peaked over 20°C. There was no rain recorded between the 7th and 23rd and April temperatures ended up over 1 degree above normal. (Pic. courtesy D.Dunne)

March 2010 

Mount Juliet, Co. Kilkenny on the 5th March. Two months earlier and temperatures were at -16.3° C here. (The coldest temperature recorded in Ireland since 1979). Brilliant sunshine shines down on the almost brown grassland. While the days were pleasant (up to 10 ° C) - the nights were still bitterly cold. Coupled with no rainfall has meant no grass growth. 

February 2010 

Early February and the snowdrops first start to appear. Usually they would appear in January, but this year February has continued where January left off with plenty of night frosts. At least though we have not seen the very low temperatures seen earlier and it has been reasonably dry. 

January 2010

Ice "skating" at the Nore Linear Park on Jan 4th. The cold spell which began in late December, continued well into January. With nightime temperatures of -5 to -11 degrees C and no thaw, ponds had frozen over to such a degree that they could sustain the weight of an adult. It ended up the coldest month since January 1963. Total precipitation was 71mm which was only 83% of the norm. The max snow depth (5cm) was recorded on Sunday the 10th.