Ireland narrowly misses record-matching heatwave
Parts of Ireland have narrowly missed out on matching a record heatwave amid a prolonged spell of high temperatures, according to provisional data.
Met Éireann defines a heatwave as five or more consecutive summer days above 25C.
The longest heatwave on record for Ireland was 14 days from August 14th -27th, 1976 at both Birr Castle, Co Offaly and Ballybrittas, Co Laois.
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This was almost matched in Moore Park, Co Cork after entering the weekend on a long streak of days above 25C – with Saturday potentially becoming the 14th in a row.
However, the 50-year record remains unbroken as Moore Park recorded a provisional high of 24.9C at 3pm – and appeared set to cool off thereafter.
Still, a nationwide high-temperature advisory remains in place until the end of the weekend.
Potential impacts include water safety issues because of increased use of waterways, lakes and beaches; some heat stress and dehydration,...
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