On This Day (24 April) in Irish Weather History
A chronological list of weather events and extremes that occurred in Ireland on 24 April down through history.
1916: Weather conditions on Easter Monday, the first day of the Easter Rising, were less than favourable. After a cool start (5.5°C), Dublin saw strong south to southwest winds with scattered outbreaks of light rain and a maximum temperature of 13.5°C. Weather record keeping at Trinity College Dublin was suspended later this day and did not resume until 18 May. More on the weather of the Rising from Kilkenny Weather.
1920: A Galway-based British destroyer saves the lives of the captain and 34 crew of a steamer that sinks in stormy conditions off Ireland’s northwest coast.
1951: Publishing its annual report, the Federation of Irish Beekeepers says the 1950 season was the worst on record due to “continuous bad weather”.
1969: The Director of the UK Meteorological Office delivers a lecture to students at UCD on “Weather Forecasting in the Satellite and Computer Age”.
1975: 21°C is reported at five stations (Kilkenny, Shannon, Birr, Claremorris & Mullingar).
1983: Galway records a daytime maximum of 23.3°C.
1984: Temperatures reach the low 20s in places as Ireland enjoys a spell of dry and warm weather, with slack easterly winds.
2017: Roche’s Point in Cork reaches the final day of a 21-day dry spell.
2020: Newport, County Mayo, records the highest air temperature (21.6°C) of the month.
