The wettest day in Ireland last month was registered at Valentia Observatory.
The South Kerry weather station recorded 64.7mm of rain on October 8th; this is over a third of what usually falls for the month of October there.
Valentia also had its wettest October in 21 years; 264.9mm of rainfall was logged, one and a half times the monthly average.
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99 hours of sunshine were charted at Valentia during October.