Conditions Before The Floods
Rainfall in Cork for the month of July 2008 was the heaviest recorded since 1975. The combined total for June and July was more than twice the normal level of rainfall expected for that time period. Around the country the weather was wetter than normal for July with exceptional rainfall in County Limerick in the last 24 hours of July giving rise to this figure. Met Éireann described July as "a dull month generally". The highest average temperature recorded in July was 15.7 degrees (Shannon Airport); the same location also enjoyed the warmest day of the month at 25.2 degrees on July 24. The lowest air temperature since the early 1970s was recorded at Mullingar during July - a figure of 3.6 degrees was recorded on the 5th. The greatest level of sunshine was in the east of the country - Dublin Airport recorded 156 hours of sunshine - whilst the lowest level of rainfall was recorded at Belmullet - 54 millimetres fell during July.
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