Irish Independent

February colder than normal – but not a record-breaker

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THE ‘Beast from the East’ may have sent the mercury plummeting, but although February was cold, it was not a record cold month.

Met Éireann says air temperatur­es were colder in most weather stations, with Gurteen, in Co Tipperary, recording its lowest-ever reading for February 28, as the threat of Storm Emma began to loom large, and as the first snow fell.

On that day, the maximum air temperatur­e recorded at the station was -1.1C – an astonishin­g 9.8C lower than average. On the same day, the lowest air temperatur­e recorded at Gurteen – the coldest anywhere in the country – was -5.7C. Overall, rainfall was below average and sunshine levels higher.

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