On This Day (2 April) in Irish Weather History
A chronological list of weather events and extremes that took place in Ireland on this day down through history.
1912: RMS Titanic begins its sea trials, just two days after the fitting out was finished and eight days before departure from Southampton on the liner’s ill-fated maiden voyage.
1917: A snow depth of 46cm is reported in East Clare in the final wintry blast of The Big Freeze of 1917.
1938: The longest drought ever recorded in Ireland begins, lasting 38 days in Limerick until May 10th.
1994: Counties of Ulster and north Connacht experience snowfall. Met Éireann downplays the wintry weather as a rare April event, claiming that snow is “as likely at Easter as it is at Christmas.”
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