Weather conditions on this day down through Irish history.
1955: From Russia With Gloves – An airmass extending all the way from Svalbard and into Russia brings frigid temperatures to Ireland along with falls of snow.
1960: Cold arctic air brings heavy snowfall to Ulster and Leinster.
2020: Storm Dennis brings strong winds to counties in the west and north of Ireland.Dennis is one of the most intense extratropical cyclones ever recorded, reaching a minimum central pressure of 920 millibars. As a result of the storm, an abandoned vessel named MV Alta is washed up high on rocks in Ballycotton, County Cork. The vessel had spent over a year drifting at sea since October 2018.
1955: From Russia With Gloves – An airmass extending all the way from Svalbard and into Russia brings frigid temperatures to Ireland along with falls of snow.
1960: Cold arctic air brings heavy snowfall to Ulster and Leinster.
2020: Storm Dennis brings strong winds to counties in the west and north of Ireland.Dennis is one of the most intense extratropical cyclones ever recorded, reaching a minimum central pressure of 920 millibars. As a result of the storm, an abandoned vessel named MV Alta is washed up high on rocks in Ballycotton, County Cork. The vessel had spent over a year drifting at sea since October 2018.