The highest ever temperatures recorded for April were recorded in Galway yesterday, according to provisional data from Met Éireann.
On the last day of the month on Wednesday, Athenry recorded a temperature of 25.9 degrees.
This just edges past the previous national record temperature for April of 25.8 degrees reported at The Glenties, Co. Donegal in 1984.
“This value will be quality controlled and, as with every new provisional record, extensively verified in order to confirm it.”
“Today also marks the 2nd earliest ‘summer day’ for Ireland (summer day = air shaded temperature higher than 25.0°C). This only happened once before in the month of April, on 26th April 1984.”
More than 15 of Met Éireann’s weather stations broke their own temperature records for April on Wednesday.
Of those stations, four, including Athenry, reported temperatures of 25 degrees or greater on Wednesday.
