A 305-year continuous monthly rainfall series for the island of Ireland (1711–2016)

Murphy, Conor; Broderick, Ciaran; Burt, Timothy P.; Curley, Mary; Duffy, Catriona; Hall, Julia; Harrigan, Shaun; Matthews, Tom K. R.; Macdonald, Neil; McCarthy, Gerard; McCarthy, Mark P.; Mullan, Donal; Noone, Simon; Osborn, Timothy J.; Ryan, Ciara; Sweeney, John; Thorne, Peter W.; Walsh, Seamus; Wilby, Robert L.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-413-2018

Articles | Volume 14, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-413-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-413-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 3

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27 Mar 2018

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A 305-year continuous monthly rainfall series for the island of Ireland (1711–2016)

Conor Murphy, Ciaran Broderick, Timothy P. Burt, Mary Curley, Catriona Duffy, Julia Hall, Shaun Harrigan, Tom K. R. Matthews, Neil Macdonald, Gerard McCarthy, Mark P. McCarthy, Donal Mullan, Simon Noone, Timothy J. Osborn, Ciara Ryan, John Sweeney, Peter W. Thorne, Seamus Walsh, and Robert L. Wilby

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RC1: 'Review Murphy et al.', Jürg Luterbacher, 14 Nov 2017
- AC2: 'Author response to Reviewer 1', Conor Murphy, 10 Jan 2018
RC2: 'Review of Murphy et al.', Linden Ashcroft, 06 Dec 2017
- AC3: 'Author response to Reviewer 2', Conor Murphy, 10 Jan 2018
SC1: 'brief comment', Cary Mock, 06 Dec 2017
- AC1: 'Interactive comment by C.Mock', Conor Murphy, 12 Dec 2017

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (17 Jan 2018) by David Thornalley

AR by Conor Murphy on behalf of the Authors (08 Feb 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (16 Feb 2018) by David Thornalley

AR by Conor Murphy on behalf of the Authors (19 Feb 2018)

Short summary

This work reconstructs a continuous 305-year rainfall record for Ireland. The series reveals remarkable variability in decadal rainfall – far in excess of the typical period of digitised data. Notably, the series sheds light on exceptionally wet winters in the 1730s and wet summers in the 1750s. The derived record, one of the longest continuous series in Europe, offers a firm basis for benchmarking other long-term records and reconstructions of past climate both locally and across Europe.