Diary of Highlights

1st to 3rd
Rather cloudy on the 1st but cloud and patchy rain cleared overnight into the 2nd to leave almost unbroken sunshine. Frosty start with some fog patches on the 3rd, with a temperature of -6 °C at Katesbridge, then mostly dry and sunny.

4th to 5th
The 4th was mainly dry but fog persisted all day in some parts. Light showers edged in from the north during the evening. It was cold where fog lingered, with Aldergrove only recording a maximum temperature of 2 °C. Fog cleared on the morning of 5th, otherwise sunny spells and a few light showers, especially in the north and wintry on hills.

6th to 7th
Snow showers gave a few cm of snow to the north coast early on the 6th. Some freezing fog patches lingered through the day, with Castlederg failing to rise above freezing. Elsewhere it was largely sunny and dry. This dry weather continued through most of the 7th, with mist and fog slow to clear through the morning. The overnight temperature fell to -8 °C in Castlederg and St Angelo. Sleet and snow spread from the southwest during the evening.

8th to 9th
On the 8th, the north was dry with sunny spells but patchy light rain, sleet and snow in the southwest, edged very slowly northeast during the day. The 9th saw patchy rain, sleet and snow in the extreme east but some long sunny and clear spells in the north and west.

10th to 12th
Cloudy on the 10th, with outbreaks of rain in the east, which were locally heavy in the northeast. Heavier rain spread northeast during the evening. A wet night ensued with Ballycastle recording 20.8 mm. Conditions improved markedly on the morning of the 11th with some sunny spells developing but another area of rain spread northeast in the afternoon. Rain cleared the southeast early on the 12th then a bright day with a mixture of sunshine and scattered showers. Another mild day, with temperatures reaching 10 °C in many areas.

13th to 14th
A chilly start on the 13th, with a bright or sunny morning. Cloud thickened up during the afternoon bringing rain during the evening. A widespread ground frost and local air frost on the morning of the 14th, with a temperature of -2.7 °C at Katesbridge. Then a fine, bright day, but patchy rain arrived during the evening.

15th to 20th
Wet and windy on the 15th, with 17.6 mm recorded at St Angelo up to midnight, and a gust of 61 m.p.h. recorded at Orlock Head. The 16th and the 17th were mainly dry with some sunshine, though with a few showers in the west. On the 17th, Aldergrove was foggy until early afternoon. Fog returned here on the 18th, but cleared much earlier. Another mainly dry day but patchy rain reached the west during the evening. The 19th was cloudy with rain at times but cleared overnight to leave the 20th bright or sunny, although showery rain broke out during the evening.

21st to 28th
The 21st was mainly dry and bright but rain reached all parts during the evening. Rain cleared early on the 22nd, then mainly dry and bright with scattered showers. Temperatures reached 13.6 °C at Ballykelly. Showers spread from the west on the 23rd, and it remained showery through to the 26th. Outbreaks of locally heavy rain during the morning of the 27th, being replaced by sunny or clear spells and showers. 10 to 15 mm of rain fell widely and temperatures reached 14.6 °C at Newry. The 28th was rather cloudy with further showers or longer spells of rain.