Anton McNulty
THE dust was blown off the designer sunglasses and the summer clothes were pulled from the back of the wardrobe over the weekend as temperatures in Mayo soared for the first time this year.
Claremorris was the warmest place in the country with temperatures of 19.6 degrees celsius recorded on Sunday afternoon. Sunday was the warmest day of the year and all over the county people made most of the warm weather after experiencing one of the worst and longest winters for decades.
Met Éireann cited the unusually high temperatures on cloudless skies and exceptionally long days of sunshine - on Sunday the sun rose at 7am and set at around 8pm. In Knock, temperatures reached 17.8 degrees celsius while along the coast, the sea breezes meant that temperatures were not as high with Belmullet recording 15.8 degree celsius.
While the temperatures are not expected to reach Sunday’s levels the rest of the week is expected to remain dry with a few small showers towards the end of the week.
“For April these are 2C or 3C above what we would expect,” forecaster Eoin Sherlock said.
