On This Day (17 April) in Irish Weather History

A chronological list of weather events and extremes that occurred in Ireland on 17 April down through history.

1979: Temperatures hit the high teens across Ireland as motorists wait for hours in petrol station queues following the Easter weekend.

1985: ACOT, the national advisory and training body, says up to 40% of the spring cereal acreage remains unsown as wet conditions continue.

1991: Favourable conditions facilitate fresh attempts to refloat French fish factory ship, named Capitaine Plenin II, which has been grounded on a rock outside Ballyvaughan Harbour in County Clare.

1995: Spectators brave heavy rain at Fairyhouse for the Jameson Whiskey Irish Grand National.

2000: A rockfall kills two abseilers from County Cork at the Cliffs of Moher.

2002: An Bord Pleanála upholds planning permission for a 27-turbine wind farm near Kilmore Quay in Wexford.

2004: Cork Airport confirms delays to the implementation of an Instrument Landing System (ILS) which will help pilots land in bad weather.

2010: The ongoing dry spell prompts the Department of Agriculture to issue a Forest Fire Warning.

2018: Belmullet in Mayo records Ireland’s highest gust of the month ((107 km/h).

2022: Roches Point in Cork records 44% of its monthly rainfall (25.8 mm).

2023: Farmers express concern over ongoing poor weather following the wettest March on record.