Wet, wet, wet ... the March gone by

March was the wettest for the last 83 years, according to provisional statistics from Met Éireann.

Last month, 173.3mm of rain fell across Ireland - 169pc of the 1981 to 2010 long-term average data.

Met Éireann said the previous wettest March was in 2019.

It followed the fourth-driest February ever recorded.

Some parts of the country witnessed the driest February in more than half a century.

Johnstown Castle, in Co Wexford, recorded only 7.4mm of rainfall in February. is was the lowest amount in the country.

Provisional gures also highlighted that the UK witnessed its wettest March in more than 40 years, with e only place in Britain to buck the trend was Scotland, where rainfall was 128.7mm, just 3pc above normal data. ere will be more rain this afternoon, with the wet weather spreading nationwide by early tonight. ere will be rain tomorrow, but by ursday the sunshine will have returned, making for a pleasant spring day. Temperatures will reach a maximum of 13C.

111.3mm of rainfall recorded, 91pc more than average.

Wales and Northern Ireland also had one of their top 10 rainiest Marches on record, the data revealed.

Wales recorded 197.5mm of rain, 91pc more than its long-term average.

And Northern Ireland witnessed 137.4mm of rainfall, 58pc above the average.