Mild spring not forecast to continue with freezing temperatures predicted
“This is what you would expect in a warming climate,” he said. “The high pressure in the last half of February that sat over mainlanddrew in southerly winds for the guts of two weeks which gave us a very mild last two weeks in February.”
It was also a drier winter than normal. There was below average rainfall in all but three weather stations. The Phoenix Park had just 66 per cent of its normal rainfall, its driest winter in 13 years.It looks like the mild start to the spring is not likely to continue. Saturday will be cloudy and windy and Sunday will feel a lot colder than of late with highs of just 8 to 10 degrees and temperatures will fall to freezing on Sunday night.
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