Data reveals rainfall increase in area of Mayo
Data reveals rainfall increase in area of Mayo.
Data from a Met Eireann monitoring station in Lavallyroe, near the town of Ballyhaunis, shows how climate change is bringing more rainfall to the area.
A total of 1,527.4 millimetres – over 1.5 metres – of rainfall fell in the locale in 2023 compared to 1,140 millimetres or 1.14 metres in 2014, according to data collected by the Met Eireann monitoring point.
December 2023 was a particularly wet month, with 238 millimetres of rainfall logged, with February the wettest month of 2014 with 226 millimetres logged.
