This year was the warmest ever recorded in Ireland, according to Met Éireann.

The forecaster said the Ireland’s average annual temperature rose above 11C for the first time on record this year.

The warmest year in the 124 recorded up to now was 2022, when the average annual temperature was recorded at nearly 10.9C.

The Provisional State of the Irish Climate Report for this year shows that June was the warmest month ever recorded in Ireland, with an average temperature above 16C.

Meanwhile, this year also saw the wettest March and the wettest July on record.

Fewer bathers than usual are seen enjoying the waters off the Forty Foot in Dublin, 21-07-2023. Image: Sam Boal/RollingNews

Met Éireann Head of Climate Services Keith Lambkin said: “Ireland has seen a remarkable year with rainfall and warming at unprecedented levels at times.”

“These record-breaking extremes have knock-on consequences to much of society,” he said.

“Past weather events are no longer a reliable indicator of future weather events, but knowing this allows us to better plan and adapt to our changing climate.”

Island of Ireland annual average temperature anomalies (1961-1990 Long-Term Average) 1900 to 2023. Image: Met Éireann

The report shows that four months of the year were within their top five warmest on record for the first time in 23 years.

The coldest temperature at the year was the -7.2C recorded at Lullymore Nature Centre in Kildare January 17th.

There were eleven named storms during the year, with three in December alone – Storms Elin, Fergus and Gerrit.

Provisional monthly rainfall anomalies 2023. It was the wettest March and wettest July on record. Image: Met Éireann

It has been over a century since Ireland recorded its coldest March (1919), April (1922), May (1923), July (1922), August (1912), September (1918) and November (1919).

Main image shows the high-flowing Avonmore River in County Wicklow. Image: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews