Tipperary weather station records its wettest July on record

The Gurteen rainfall monitoring station recorded its wettest July on record. 

The station recorded 163.3 mm of rain, the highest in 15 years, according to the EPAs most recent Monthly Hydrology Bulletin for July 2023. 

This was a 245% difference from the Long-term Average or LTA.

It was one of 17 stations that recorded over 200% of their LTA rainfall for the month of July.  

WHAT IS LTA?

LTA is a comparison figure generated from the the historic average monthly rainfall between 1981 and 2010. 

This is the average used to compare July's rainfall to in the report.   

Across the country, all rainfall totals were above their 1981-2010 LTA for the month.

The highest was recorded at Dunsany in county Galway and the lowest at Mace Head in county Meath. 

RIVERS

In Tipperary ten rivers were recorded as having particularly high flows, and a further three were above normal. 

For the Suir, the station recorded 302% of the rivers long-term average flow.