On This Day (26 May) in Irish Weather History

A chronological record of weather events and extremes that occurred in Ireland on 26 May throughout history.

1914: Kerry man Tom Crean joins Shackleton’s Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition on board the ill-fated Endurance as second officer and is placed in charge of one of the dog-handling teams.

1957: Temperatures reach the low to mid-20s across the west of Ireland, with cooler conditions on the east coast.

1965: The Kish Lighthouse is towed from its mooring post at St. Michael’s Wharf in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, to Kish Bank.

1967: Thunderstorms move across Ireland, bringing hail and strong winds to parts of the midlands and east coast.

1977: Temperatures reach the low 20s across much of Ireland, but the southeast remains noticeably cooler, with Rosslare registering a daytime maximum of just 13 °C.

1993: Heavy rainfall causes flooding in parts of Cork, Dublin, and Waterford, with Dublin Airport receiving 45 mm of rain in just a few hours. The sudden downpour leads to localised flooding in Cork city centre.

2017: The month’s highest temperature is reported at Mount Dillon, County Roscommon, with a temperature of 26.1 °C.

2024: Knock Airport, County Mayo, records 34.9 mm of rain (38% of its monthly average), marking the station’s highest daily rainfall in May since 2005.