More than half the weather stations countrywide recorded above-average rainfall for the month. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA WireParts of Dublin received 2½ times their normal rainfall in February, Met Éireann’s analysis of last month’s deluge shows. Rain at Dublin Airport was 255 per cent of the average expected for the month, which was its wettest on record, while Phoenix Park got 250 per cent of its average, its second-highest ever for February. Met Éireann’s weather station at Dunsany, Co Meath showed the third-highest rainfall, at 236 per cent of average. More than half the weather stations countrywide recorded above-average rainfall but nationally, the figure worked out at 20 per cent above average as most of the heavy rain was concentrated along the east coast.

Source: The Irish Times March 04, 2026 09:04 UTC