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Today A few wintry showers will affect areas near Leinster coasts overnight. The showers will be of rain or sleet, but with falls of snow over high hills. Most other areas will have a dry night. Very cold with widespread frost. Lowest temperatures will range +1 to -3 degrees - coldest inland and in the west where frost will be severe. Weather News 02 February 2010 - Meteorology Lecture on Thursday February 11th The Irish Met Society's February public lecture "Warm Climates of the Deep Past and what they tell us about the Future" by Dr Rodrigo Caballero will take place on Thursday February 11th at 7.30 pm in Trinity College Dublin.01 February 2010 - January 2010 Weather Summary: Coldest January for at least 25 years; dry and very sunny Mean monthly air temperatures were around two or three degrees below normal for January in most places; it was the coldest January since 1985 generally and the coldest since 1963 in the Dublin area. Both maximum and minimum values were around six degrees below normal during the first ten days, when daytime values remained below freezing on some days in midland and eastern areas, while minimum values of below -10°C were recorded in the same areas between the 7th and 10th.27 January 2010 - World Record Wind Gust: 408 km/h According to a recent review the record of wind gusts not related to tornados registered to date is 408 km/h during Tropical Cyclone Olivia on 10 April 1996 at Barrow Island, Australia. The previous record was of 372 km/h, registered in April 1934 across the summit of Mount Washington, USA. |
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