There were record low and high temperatures recorded in spring and summer.
2021 was a year of weather extremes across Northern Ireland.
From a cold wintry start, to record-breaking low temperatures in spring, to extreme heat in the summer, and to a remarkably dull autumn.Cold springIn fact, we had almost 50% more sun that we normally enjoy in the second month of spring.Sunny April on the Antrim coast The sunshine didn't do much for temperatures though, as the mean temperature fell 1.1C below average at 6.5C.Air frosts were recorded at the weather station there for 12 days that month.The previous record at the site was in 2010 when eight days of air frost were recorded.
The hamlet more often than not records some of the lowest temperatures in Northern Ireland - and across the whole island, in fact.Official thermometers there fell to a finger numbing -18.7C in December 2010
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