May was another very dry and sunny month, according to Met Éireann, with the east faring best.
Dublin experienced its sunniest May on record, while Mount Dillon in Roscommon saw the month's highest temperature at 26.8 degrees on the 30th, 11 degrees above its long term average.
The month’s lowest air temperature was reported at both Mount Dillon, Co Roscommon on the 14th and Mullingar, Co Westmeath on the 12th with -3.2 °C (Mullingar’s lowest May temperature on record (record length 70 years)).
Advertisement
The month’s lowest grass temperature was -9.6 °C at Mount Dillon, Co Roscommon, also on the 14th.
