Diary of Highlights

1st to 4th
The 1st to the 4th was dry with early mist and fog patches soon clearing to leave plenty of sunshine with temperatures up to 22 °C. The 5th was mainly dry with some sunshine but cloud thickened to bring rain late in the day, still quite warm with Killowen reaching 19 °C.

6th to 15th
There was rain during the morning of the 6th followed by brighter, showery, weather that persisted until the 15th. Highlights throughout the period were reports of a tornado at Carrickfergus on the 9th, heavy downpours on the afternoon of the 12th when St Angelo reported 11.4 mm in one hour during the afternoon and a funnel cloud was reported was above Cloughmills on the 15th. A cooler spell of weather than earlier in the month with maximum temperatures around 15 °C.

16th to 20th
The weather turned unsettled from the 16th through to the 18th as fronts brought spells of rain with 20 mm falling at St Angelo on the 16th. When the sunshine arrived, 16 °C was recorded at Newry on 16th and 21 °C on the 17th. Rain cleared through the first half of the morning on the 18th to leave sunny spells and showers, occasionally heavy. This showery and occasionally windy spell of weather persisted until the 20th.

21st to 24th
A chilly start on the 21st with Katesbridge recording -1 °C, but a bright or sunny day followed with Helens Bay reaching 18 °C. Then it was back to changeable weather as fronts brought spells of rain and drizzle, mainly to the north and west with brighter conditions, at times, across the south and east.

25th to 28th
Bright, sunny or clear spells with showers from the 25th to 29th. These showers merged to give a longer spell of rain during the evening of the 26th when Glenanne reported 15 mm over a 5 hour period. Hail showers were reported on the 28th.

29th to 31st
It remained cool with ground frosts each night - Katesbridge recorded -3 °C on the 29th. A bright start on the 30th, but thickening cloud brought rain during the evening, which cleared during the morning of the 31st to be followed by sunny spells and occasional showers, more so across South Fermanagh, South and West Tyrone and South Armagh.