Ireland's highest wind gust recorded in March came in Donegal

The highest wind gust recorded in the country in March came in Donegal

According to Met Éireann’s Climate Statement for March 2026, the highest gust was 115km/h on Wednesday, March 25. 

The month’s highest 10-minute mean wind speed was 89 km/h, recorded on the same day, also at Malin Head.

Kerry clocked 19.1°C on Thursday, March 19, the highest temperature for March since 2012, considerably above the national average figure for March 2026 - 7.97 °C. 

March 2026 rainfall was wetter than normal with 108% of the 1991-2020 Long Term Average (102.1mm). In Ireland, the Long-Term Average (LTA) refers to the average values of meteorological elements calculated over the last 30 years.

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The highest daily rainfall total was 35.2 mm at Athenry, Co Galway, on Tuesday, March 24.

“March 2026 was mild and relatively wet overall,” the report reads. “Low pressure to the northwest and high pressure to the southeast brought a mobile Atlantic regime for much of the month with winds mostly between southerly and westerly. This led to periods of frontal rain or showers at times, sometimes heavy, but also periods where transient ridges of high pressure brought some dry days with pleasant spring sunshine.”