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‘Exceptional’ Rainfall Brings One of Wettest Januarys on Record for Northern Ireland
Atlantic storms including Chandra caused record rainfall in Cornwall and County Down, with Northern Ireland receiving 70% more rain than average, causing flooding and travel disruption.
- Last month, the Met Office reported Cornwall and County Down recorded their wettest January on record, with Northern Ireland experiencing 74% more rainfall than usual.
- A strong jet stream repeatedly steered low‑pressure systems from the Atlantic towards the UK, producing frequent rain and wind this month.
- England as a whole saw 136mm, about 50% more than average, with Storm Chandra setting daily January records at Katesbridge in County Down.
- Three named storms—Goretti, Ingrid and Chandra—brought flooding and travel disruption, while saturated ground increased flood risk and caused the River Lagan to breach banks at Drumbeg.
- This ranks as the wettest January since 1877 and the second wettest since records began in 1836, with several counties experiencing their second‑wettest January, and the mean temperature was 3.4C.
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Northern Ireland records wettest January in 149 years as storms batter UK
Northern Ireland has endured its wettest January in almost a century and a half, as relentless Atlantic storms delivered record-breaking rainfall, flooding and disruption across the region during the opening month of 2026. Provisional Met Office figures show Northern Ireland recorded 70% more rainfall than the January average, making it the second wettest January on record and the wettest in 149 years, surpassed only by January 1877. The deluge …
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