On This Day (9 August) in Irish Weather History

A timeline of notable weather events and extremes that have taken place in Ireland on August 9th throughout history.

2000: Torrential rain caused a local river to rise by up to 12 feet, washing away a temporary bridge at Glentraige near Cornamona on the Galway–Mayo border and cutting off the main route to Clonbur.

2008: Flash floods led to road closures, hazardous driving conditions, and the cancellation of sporting and rural events across Munster and Leinster. Dublin Airport recorded 56 mm of rainfall, just shy of the August record of 60 mm set in 1986. Roads between Naas and Blessington, Ballyroan and Portlaoise, Portlaoise and Timahoe, and Stradbally and Athy were severely flooded or impassable.

2022: Met Éireann issued a Status Yellow high-temperature warning for Leinster and Munster, forecasting peak temperatures of 27–29 °C.