Record September temperatures at two local weather stations

Record September temperatures were recorded at two local weather stations yesterday (Thursday).

Met Éireann has confirmed that the record temperatures were measured at Mullingar and Mount Dillon (Roscommon) weather stations

Mount Dillon also recorded the highest temperature in the country yesterday at 28.1 degrees Celsius.

The previous September temperature record at the station had been 27.4 degrees from September 2021.

The station is located on Bord na Móna lands just north of Lanesborough.

In Mullingar, the 26.5 degrees measured yesterday eclipsed the 25.5 degrees registered on September 10, 1959.