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Current Forecast:

Thursday, 20 June 2013 11:27

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Today

Some further sunny breaks in east and south Leinster for a time, but cloudy elsewhere with patches of rain in the north and west moving east - though amounts will be small. Mild and humid. Highest temperatures 16 to 21 degrees.

Tonight

Tonight will be mild and humid with scattered patches of drizzle or light rain, though all areas will have good dry spells too. Misty with fog on hills. Lowest temperatures 10 to 13 degrees.
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Weather News

11 June 2013 - 50th Anniversary of the Mount Merrion Thunderstorms

The 11th June 2013 marked the 50th anniversary of one of the most violent thunderstorms to affect Dublin in the 20th century. On the 11th June 1963 considerable flooding occurred in the area between Dundrum, Blackrock and Sandymount.  The “official” observations only hinted at the full severity of the rainfall.  Eye-witness accounts suggested that far more than the 97.8mm (24-hour total) recorded at Ballsbridge fell in some locations.

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04 June 2013 - Weather summaries for May 2013 and Spring 2013

May 2013: Cold everywhere; wet and dull in places. Spring 2013: Cold everywhere; dry, dull and windy in parts.

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31 May 2013 - Earthquake of the 29 May 2013

The earthquake of the 29 May 2013 occurred at 03:16 UTC, with an epicentre approximately 13 km NW of Abersoch, Gwynedd. The instrumental magnitude was determined at 3.8 ML, and the earthquake was located approximately 21 km WSW of the magnitude 5.4 earthquake that occurred on 19 July 1984 (a magnitude of 3.8 is approximately 256 times smaller than 5.4).

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