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PHOTOS: Sunny Delights In The Park, But The Fine Spell Could Be Over Soon

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THE glorious sunshine has made a very welcome return over the past week and many people have been out and about making the most of it.

With temperatures wandering into the high teens we have been hit with an unseasonable mini-heatwave, but unfortunately dark clouds are predicted to come on the horizon by the time the weekend rolls around.

Brace yourself. Met Eireann are saying that tomorrow will be a much cloudier day with some heavy showers breaking out during the afternoon.

But there is still time to enjoy the outdoors, today is supposed to remain fine with temperatures in the region 18 degrees.

So if you can, try and make the most of it, like the people we met dotted around the town park soaking up the rays yesterday.

It could be a while before we have it this good again.

Scroll down for photos…

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In the Town Park enjoying the great weather were, from left: Greg Byrne, Natalie Berales and Bobby Byrne. Photo by Gavin O'Connor.
In the Town Park enjoying the great weather were, from left: Greg Byrne, Natalie Berales and Bobby Byrne. Photo by Gavin O’Connor.

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In the Town Park enjoying the great weather were, from left: Cameron McGrath, Paidi O'Dell, Stephen O'Regan and Anthony O'Dell. Photo by Gavin O'Connor.
In the Town Park enjoying the great weather were, from left: Cameron McGrath, Paidi Odell, Stephen O’Regan and Anthony O’Dell. Photo by Gavin O’Connor.
In the Town Park enjoying the great weather were, from left: Rachel Dunne and Siona O'Shea. Photo by Gavin O'Connor.
In the Town Park enjoying the great weather were, from left: Rachel Dunne and Fiona O’Shea. Photo by Gavin O’Connor.
In the Town Park enjoying the great weather were, from left: Bernie and Mellie O'Sullivan. Photo by Gavin O'Connor.
In the Town Park enjoying the great weather were, from left: Bernie and Mellie O’Sullivan. Photo by Gavin O’Connor.
In the Town Park enjoying the great weather were, from left: Siobhan O'Keefe, Minh Cramond and Liam O'Keefe. Photo by Gavin O'Connor.
In the Town Park enjoying the great weather were, from left: Siobhan O’Keeffe, Minh Cramond and Liam O’Keeffe. Photo by Gavin O’Connor.
In the Town Park enjoying the great weather were, from left: Cecilia Finnegan Lee, Padraig Russell, Eileen Baily and Paula Russell. Photo by Gavin O'Connor.
In the Town Park enjoying the great weather were, from left: Cecilia Finnegan Lee, Padraig Russell, Eileen Baily and Paula Russell. Photo by Gavin O’Connor.
In the Town Park enjoying the great weather were, from left: Padraig, Hazel, Andrew and Joan Mulvihill. Photo by Gavin O'Connor.
In the Town Park enjoying the great weather were, from left: Padraig, Hazel, Andrew and Joan Mulvihill. Photo by Gavin O’Connor.
In the Town Park enjoying the great weather were, from left: Esta Lobato and Ines Delgado. Photo by Gavin O'Connor.
In the Town Park enjoying the great weather were, from left: Esta Lobato and Ines Delgado. Photo by Gavin O’Connor.
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It Really Was The ‘Sunny South-West’ Last Year

 

A site we got used tolast year in the summer months. Photo by Dermot Crean.
A sight we got used to last year in the summer months. Photo by Dermot Crean.

VALENTIA observatory recorded an increase in sunshine which made the south west the sunniest place to be last summer.

In a report released by Met Eireann, Valentia recorded a 118% increase in average sunshine levels with the observatory measuring just under 1,500 hours of sunshine.

The hottest day of the year was Friday, July 25, with a maximum temperature 26 degrees.

In June, Valentia Observatory recorded its sunniest month in 74 years with 265 hours of sunshine.

It wasn’t all BBQs and trips to the beach though, even with the very good summer it was still the wettest year on record at Valentia.

848mm of rain was recorded which translates as a whopping 183% increase on the yearly average. The wettest month was February with 292.4 millimetres of rainfall.

July was the warmest month with an average temperature of 16.3 degrees. Because of the beautiful Indian summer we enjoyed last year, September clocks in as the second warmest month with an average of 15.6 degrees.

The average temperature over the whole year was 11.3 degrees. 2014 was a year of extremes with it being the wettest and one of the sunniest ever recorded for this area.

Let’s hope for 2015 we can just have more of the latter.

The weather looks bad for tomorrow by the way.