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locations, wind speeds were generally not quite as high as for storm Eunice. However, this was a particularly severe storm across Northern Ireland and parts of north-west England, with gusts of 68Kt (78mph) at Orlock Head (County Down), 66Kt at Magilligan and Lough Fea (both County Londonderry) and 65Kt

of north-west England, with gusts of 68Kt (78mph) at Orlock Head (County Down), 66Kt at Magilligan and Lough Fea (both County Londonderry) and 65Kt (75mph) at St Bees Head, Cumbria. The strongest winds were particularly sustained for storm Franklin, with winds gusting at over 40Kt for a 36 hour period

mph). Pressure The graph below shows mean sea level pressure recorded at Stornoway (Western Isles), Magilligan (County Londonderry) and Valley (Anglesey) from 23 January to 18 February 2014. The pronounced downward spikes are the six storms of 25 to 26 January, 31 January to 1 February, 4 to 5

average whilst autumn saw below-average sunshine amounts.  Sunny spells in late spring and early summer can particularly boost annual sunshine statistics due to the longer days.   At weather station level, Magilligan, County Londonderry, recorded 301.3 hours of sunshine in May 2025, the highest monthly

(County Londonderry), clearing to sunshine and showers by evening. The 12th and 13th were mostly sunny with wellscattered light showers, but the 14th was cloudier with a little rain. A er a bright start on the 15th, cloud increased with a band of rain spreading south-eastwards during the a ernoon

to 44 mph at Magilligan (County Londonderry). The 27th was mostly cloudy with isolated showers, but these died away in the a ernoon and it turned brighter. It was mainly cloudy on the 28th with a little light rain, some early sunshine in the north-east, and a band of rain moved in slowly from

for many. Dull wet weather persisted from the 29th to 31st, and it was rather muggy with the temperature not falling below 14.4 °C at Stormont (County Down), Magilligan (Londonderry) and Castlederg (County Tyrone) overnight 30th/31st. The rain became lighter and patchier on the afternoon of the 31st. Last updated 05/06/2019

from a cloudier afternoon on the 29th. Armagh and Magilligan (County Londonderry) both reached 25.0 °C on the 28th, and Magilligan and Killylane (County Antrim) did not fall below 13.4 °C overnight 28th/29th. Aldergrove (County Antrim) recorded 14.3 hours of bright sunshine on the 31st. Last updated 03/06/2020

, the rain widespread and locally heavy, giving 20.4 mm at Portglenone (County Antrim), but it cleared from north-western counties by early evening. It remained cloudy with patchy rain on the 25th, and was cool for many, temperatures not exceeding 12.4 °C at Banagher Caugh Hill (County Londonderry

, and the 20th saw 11.6 hours of sunshine at Aldergrove (County Antrim) and at Magilligan (County Londonderry). 21st to 30th The weather quickly turned very unsettled and often wet. The night of the 20th/21st was unusually warm in places with temperatures not dropping below 15.5 °C at Killowen (County Down