Climate of the Past
Climate of the Past
CP
Articles | Volume 14, issue 3
Articles | Volume 14, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-413-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
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
Research article
 | Highlight paper
 | 
27 Mar 2018
Research article | Highlight paper |  | 27 Mar 2018

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

Viewed

Total article views: 12,391 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
HTML PDF XML Total Supplement BibTeX EndNote
8,311 3,713 367 12,391 829 252 268
  • HTML: 8,311
  • PDF: 3,713
  • XML: 367
  • Total: 12,391
  • Supplement: 829
  • BibTeX: 252
  • EndNote: 268
Views and downloads (calculated since 10 Nov 2017)
Cumulative views and downloads (calculated since 10 Nov 2017)

Viewed (geographical distribution)

Total article views: 12,391 (including HTML, PDF, and XML) Thereof 11,424 with geography defined and 967 with unknown origin.
Country # Views %
  • 1
1
 
 
 
 
Latest update: 14 Nov 2025
Download
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.
Read more
Share