On Tuesday, as thunderstorms spread throughout the Mid-West including Clare, Limerick, South Galway and North Kerry, temperatures were reaching close to twenty five degrees.
Thunderstorms occurred in Clare from Sliabh Aughtys all the way to the Aran Islands touching areas in between such as Corofin, the Burren, Kilfenora, Gort and the Cliffs of Moher. This resulted in a power outage for a few hours in Kilfenora.
Dozens of lightning strikes were witnessed off the Bay of Kilkee with thunderstorms between Kirush and Kilkee on Tuesday.
Despite the thunder, Shannon Airport’s weather station reached 26.4 degrees Celsius at 4pm, marking the warmest day in the county this year and the warmest in the country since Athenry in Galway recorded a record April temperature of 25.9c on the final day of the month.
Shannon therefore was warmer than some of Europe’s hotspots including Ibiza, Crete and Sicily. There has been no measurable rainfall at Shannon Airport since late April.
Temperatures are to remain in the low twenties until midweek next week when there will be a gradual return to less settled and cooler conditions.
