March 2020: The clocks go forward on Sunday for what could be the penultimate British Summer Time (BST) observed on the island of Ireland. The European Parliament has voted to scrap daylight saving time (the practise of moving the clocks forward one hour during the summer months) from the end Read more…
SECOND-WETTEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD AT ARMAGH, MILDER AND SUNNIER THAN AVERAGE. WINTER 2019/2020 WETTER, WARMER AND SUNNIER THAN AVERAGE Armagh Observatory reports that February 2020 was very wet, the wettest February at Armagh for 30 years and the second-wettest February on record at Armagh. It was also milder and sunnier Read more…
VERY MILD, DRY JANUARY, ROUGHLY AVERAGE SUNSHINE Armagh Observatory reports that January 2020 was very mild, much drier than average and with roughly average sunshine. This was the warmest January at Armagh for eight years, that is, since January 2012. Total precipitation was 38.65 mm (1.52 inches) including 9 trace Read more…
DECEMBER 2019 WARMER AND SUNNIER THAN AVERAGE WITH SLIGHTLY LESS RAINFALL. CALENDAR YEAR 2019 WARMER, SLIGHTLY WETTER, AND DULLER THAN AVERAGE Armagh Observatory reports that December 2019 was warmer and sunnier than average and with slightly less rainfall. Taken as a whole, calendar year 2019 at Armagh was warmer and Read more…
COOL, DAMP NOVEMBER, SLIGHTLY LESS SUNNY THAN AVERAGE. AUTUMN COOLER AND A LITTLE SUNNIER THAN AVERAGE, WITH ABOUT AVERAGE RAINFALL Armagh Observatory, 5th December 2019. Armagh Observatory reports that November 2019 was cooler, wetter and slightly less sunny than average. This was the coolest November at Armagh for three years Read more…
MILD, WET SEPTEMBER WITH ABOUT AVERAGE SUNSHINE Armagh Observatory, 1st October 2019: Armagh Observatory reports that September 2019 was warmer and wetter than average, with about average sunshine. This was the sunniest September at Armagh for four years, the warmest for three years and the wettest for two years. The Read more…
Welcome to the first article in our new series about the current state of flux our planet is in; Brandolini’s Law: Climate. We will explore the issues surrounding climate change such as how a debate formed around its existence, how climate change works, the effects it can have on a Read more…
Armagh Observatory, 3rd August 2018: Armagh Observatory reports that July 2018 was much warmer and sunnier than average, with only slightly less than average total rainfall. The mean temperature was 17.0 degrees Celsius (62.6 Fahrenheit), approximately 2.2 C warmer than the long-term (1796–2010) average July temperature at Armagh and 1.2 C warmer than the most recent (1981–2010) 30- year average. This was the warmest July at Armagh for five years. The warmest day (highest maximum air temperature) was 27.1 C, which occurred on the 4th, followed by 26.7 C on the 22nd. Both these maxima wereslightly more than 80 degrees Fahrenheit. The coldest day (lowest maximum air temperature) was 14.4 C on the 11th. The coolest night (lowest minimum air
temperature) was 7.6 C on the 10th, and the warmest night (highest minimum air temperature) was 16.6 C on the 27th followed closely by 16.5 C on the 23rd. The minimum grass temperature was 0.3 C on the 10th, so there were no ground or air frosts.