Trevor Quinn
Belmullet was beaming last month. The north Mayo area had the sunniest day on record in Ireland for the month of April, with a full 14.1 hours of sunshine recorded there on Friday, April 29.
While Belmullet grabbed the headline statistic, the month of April was sunny right across the country, with temperatures of three degrees above average recorded in many places.
The western seaboard enjoyed the best of the glorious weather, with Malin Head recording an average temperature of 3.1 degrees above normal, while the average temperature at Valentia Station in Kerry was 2.8 degrees hotter than usual.
It was not all sunshine and light, however. Rainfall levels were also above normal in both Belmullet and Claremorris, with rain falling at a rate of 133 per cent above average in the North Mayo area and 146 per cent above average in the East Mayo town.
Over 26mm of rain – more than an inch – fell in Claremorris on April 1.
