On This Day (15 March) in Irish Weather History

Weather conditions on this day down through Irish history.

1956: 132.1mm of rainfall is recorded at Waterville in Kerry, which is the record daily rainfall total for Ireland in March.

1971: Meteorologist Seamus Miller appears on ‘Telefís Scoile’, an educational television programme on RTÉ that gave school lessons in maths, science and literature.

1996: Heavy snow closes schools in Galway, Mayo and Roscommon.

1997: Irish climbers Paul Harrington and Martin Daly conduct the first winter ascent of the north face of the Eiger in the Bernese Alps.

2002: IBM completes the installation of a new supercomputer at Met Éireann which will enhance weather resolution and forecasting.

2013: A cold spells brings falls of snow to parts of Ireland.

2017: A snow storm forces Taoiseach Enda Kenny to cancel St. Patrick’s Day engagements in Boston and Rhode Island.