On This Day (16 April) in Irish Weather History
A chronological list of weather events and extremes that occurred in Ireland on 16 April down through history.
1934: Ships remain tied up in port at Cobh (Queenstown) due to severe winds. The White Star Liner MV Britannic, which was due to dock in Cobh, proceeds directly to Liverpool due to the conditions.
1951: Agricultural land remains waterlogged following what farmers claim to have been the worst summer, winter and spring since 1919.
1955: A meeting of Wexford County Council hears claims that the town “will have vanished completely in a few years from now” due to ongoing coastal erosion in nearby Rosslare.
1958: Crop sowing remains two to three weeks behind schedule due to ongoing poor weather.
1969: Nimbus, the most advanced ever weather satellite and first nuclear-powered weather satellite, transmits its first photographs of Earth having been launched three days previously.
1987: The ESB opens a £12m computer based National Control Centre in Dublin to provide an improved early-warning system against power cuts caused by bad weather or system failure.
1997: Members of the Fingal-North Dublin Chamber of Commerce charter an Aer Lingus Boeing 737 to fly them over the Atlantic to get a closer view of Comet Hale-Bopp.
2018: The month’s wettest day is recorded at Valentia Observatory, Co Kerry with 46.2 mm.
2023: The temperature reaches 21.3°C at Mount Dillon, County Roscommon.
