On This Day (17 September) in Irish Weather History
A timeline of notable weather events and extremes that have taken place in Ireland on September 17th throughout history.
1961: A major clean-up begins across Ireland in the aftermath of Hurricane Debbie (ex-tropical), which resulted in 18 fatalities.
1964: The Department of Agriculture reports a bumper harvest following a drier-than-average summer and early autumn.
1977: Shell announces plans to abandon attempts to drill two oil wells 120 miles off Ireland’s west coast due to poor weather.
1985: Ireland is forced to import fodder from Canada after months of wet weather.
2018: Rainfall warnings are issued for parts of the country as downgraded Tropical Storm Helene moves closer to the southeast of Ireland. Newport, Co Mayo, reports 28.8 mm of rainfall.
2022: Overnight temperatures drop to -0.5°C at Mount Dillon in Roscommon, the lowest air temperature of the month.
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