58mm of rain fell this month (recorded at the closest weather station in Birr) which is very close to normal conditions, but most of it in the first three weeks. The mean air and soil temperatures for the month were slightly above normal at 6.7 degrees C and 6.9 degrees C respectively. The total amount of solar radiation for the month (intensity of energy from the sun including overcast days) was slightly higher than normal (26340 Joules/sqcm). These monthly mean conditions hide fact that the first half of the month was wetter and cloudier and the last 12 days were drier and sunnier than normal.
In the temperature charts above (extracted from the Met Éireann summary) the maximum temperature throughout Ireland dropped considerably from the 18th to the 21st when all of the precipitation was snow or hail, and there were ground frosts at night throughout the month.
These charts show how little rain came in the latter part of the month.
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