Ireland recorded its ninth consecutive month of above-average temperatures in October, with the month also ranking among the wettest Octobers in more than 80 years, according to Met Éireann.

The national mean temperature was 11.41 degrees, 0.62 degrees above the 1991-2020 long-term average, making October the 28th mildest on record since 1900.

The figures mean every month since February has recorded temperatures above the long-term average, continuing a prolonged spell of warmer-than-average conditions.

October was also the 24th wettest on record since 1941, with an average national rainfall of 155.3mm, equivalent to 120 per cent of the long-term average.

Met Éireann described the month as mild and wet, with Atlantic low-pressure systems dominating much of the weather.

The wettest conditions were recorded in the west and north-west. Newport in Co Mayo recorded 242.1mm of rainfall, or 157 per cent of its average October total. It was the station’s wettest October since 2021.

In contrast, Oak Park in Co Carlow recorded the lowest monthly rainfall total, at 83.4mm, representing 90 per cent of its average.

The month was marked by two named storms, Austen and Boelo, which brought spells of particularly wet and windy weather during the final third of October.

Storm Austen passed to the south of Ireland on October 22nd and 23rd, bringing strong gales and heavy rainfall, particularly in the south and east. It was followed closely by Storm Boelo, which passed to the north on October 24th and 25th, bringing storm-force winds to parts of the country.

The highest wind gust of the month was 135km/h, recorded at Malin Head in Co Donegal on both October 24th and 25th. The station also recorded the month’s highest 10-minute mean wind speed of 104km/h.

Gales were recorded on 13 days during October, with Mace Head in Co Galway experiencing nine days of gale-force winds.