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10 chicks) with two consecutive warm years from 2022, featuring a few heavy rainfall days in the January months. Donegal Londonderry Antrim Tyrone © The Wildlife Trusts Fermanagh Armagh Down About Barn Owls What does Ulster Wildlife do? Barn owls are one of the three species of owl found in Ireland

) April 24.5 26 April 1984 Boom Hall (County Londonderry) May 28.3 31 May 1922 Lisburn (County Antrim) June 30.8 30 June 1976 Knockarevan (County Fermanagh) July 31.3 21 July 2021 Castlederg (County Tyrone) August 30.6 2 August 1995 Tandragee Ballylisk (County Armagh) September 28.0 8 September 2023

, as the country of London Derry recorded their 5th dullest summer on record.    August  Like much of the year and summer August was a dry and warm month, ranking as the UK’s 5th warmest August with a mean temperature of 16.7°C. Rainfall was 54% of the August average for the UK overall, Wales saw the least

the east of Belfast; heavy thunderstorms also affected the Derry area with reports of localised property flooding resulting from short-period intense rainfall. The evening/night of the 18th/19th brought widespread thunderstorm activity to an area of England SE of a line from Dorset to Lincolnshire

at Kinlochewe, Highland, 16.0 °C at Edge, Shropshire and 15.0 °C at Magilligan, County Londonderry. Daily maximum temperatures on New Year’s Day included 16.3 °C at St James’s Park, Central London, 15.6 °C at Hawarden Airport, Flintshire, 15.9 °C at Achnagart, Highland and 14.0 °C at Killowen

for January. This beats the previous UK record of 13.1C set at Magilligan (Londonderry) in 2016 and the previous English record of 13.0C set at London St James Park in 2008. There is also a new Welsh January daily minimum temperature record with Trawsgoed (Dyfed) recording 12.8C beating the previous record

of the record values for June for Northern Ireland (67 Kt, 76 mph) at Ballykelly, County Londonderry on 23 June 1962, and Wales (63 Kt, 72 mph) at Capel Curig on 23 June 2004. The last time a June gust of 60 Kt was recorded in Northern Ireland was 12 June 1991. The analysis charts below show some

of surface water flooding, with Derry City, Coleraine and Enniskillen amongst those locations cited. Further heavy rain on the 31st across the UK brought renewed reports of traffic disruption in Northern Ireland, especially around Belfast where several key routes were affected. England diary

between the 2nd and 4th, but it was milder by the 5th. The 6th was milder again with some light rain and drizzle and a high of 12.6 °C at Murlough (County Down) and some mist and fog in places. The night of the 6th/7th was also very mild with Armagh and Magilligan (County Londonderry) falling no lower

, Nottinghamshire, Rutland, Shetland, Staffordshire, County Antrim and County Londonderry. In line with World Meteorological Organization guidelines, climate is measured against 30-year ‘averaging’ periods. Known as ‘climate normal’ periods, these act as a benchmark against which the observational records