On This Day (11 September) in Irish Weather History
A timeline of notable weather events and extremes that have taken place in Ireland on September 11th throughout history.
1944: Temperature drops to freezing (0.0 °C) at Phoenix Park, Dublin.
1961: Hurricane Debbie reaches peak intensity in the mid-Atlantic, with mean winds over 100 knots (120 mph). Forecasters note its turn to a northeasterly track, eventually impacting Ireland as a weakening tropical/extratropical system.
1974: Thunderstorms affect the southeast, with 33 mm of rainfall recorded at Rosslare, Co. Wexford.
1993: Kilkenny records a high of 24.1 °C.
2016: The northwest is hit by heavy rain. Delphi Lodge, Co. Mayo, reports 81.1 mm — its wettest September day since records began in 1994.
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