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The climate of Ireland is mild, humid and changeable with abundant rainfall and a lack of temperature extremes. Ireland 's climate is defined as a temperate oceanic climate , or Cfb on the Köppen climate classification system, a classification it shares with most of northwest Europe.
Climate change may have a range of impacts in Ireland.Increasing temperatures may change weather patterns, with the potential for increased heatwaves, rainfall and storm events, with subsequent impacts on people through flooding [1] Climate change has been assessed to be the single biggest threat to Ireland, according to the head of the Defence Forces of Ireland, Mark Mellett.
Köppen climate types in Ireland. The climate of Ireland is mild, humid and changeable with abundant rainfall and a lack of temperature extremes. Ireland's climate is defined as a temperate oceanic climate, or Cfb on the Köppen climate classification system, a classification it shares with most of northwest Europe. [57]
Ireland is sometimes affected by heat waves, most recently in 1995, 2003, 2006, 2013 and 2018. In common with the rest of Europe, Ireland experienced unusually cold weather during the winter of 2010–11. Temperatures fell as low as −17.2 °C (1 °F) in County Mayo on 20 December [128] and up to a metre (3 ft) of snow fell in mountainous areas.
Ireland's national weather service says the country has seen 114 mph wind gusts, the highest ever recorded on the island. Storm Éowyn slams Ireland, parts of U.K. with record winds Skip to main ...
A red weather warning was established Friday morning local time in Northern Ireland and parts of Scotland. A yellow warning for snow is also in force through Friday for northern and central areas ...
The climate of Cork, like the majority of Ireland, is mild oceanic (Cfb in the Köppen climate classification) and changeable with abundant rainfall and a lack of temperature extremes. Cork lies in plant Hardiness zone 9b. Met Éireann maintains a climatological weather station at Cork Airport, [31] a few kilometres south of the city centre ...
The rare red weather warning will be in effect across Northern Ireland until 14:00 GMT. Top wind speeds at 09:00GMT [BBC] Follow our live page for the latest developments on Storm Éowyn.