On This Day (23 November) in Irish Weather History

A timeline of notable weather events and extremes that have taken place in Ireland on 23 November throughout history.
1898: 62.1 mm of rain falls at Phoenix Park, Dublin.
1976: Five lives are lost on the fishing trawler Carraig Una when a wave washes it against a reef off Rathlin O’Birne, County Donegal.
1990: 40.1 mm of rain falls in Belfast.
1993: Overnight temperature drops to -5.5 °C at Phoenix Park, Dublin.
2011: Storm Berit (also named Xaver) deepens off Ireland’s west coast but tracks north of Scotland. The storm has a central pressure of 980 mb.
2022: Roches Point, Co. Cork, records the strongest wind gust of the month at 65 knots (120 km/h).
2024: Storm Bert produces a 115 km/h gust at Malin Head, Co. Donegal, and 57.4 mm of rain at Knock Airport, Co. Mayo.
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