Fig 1 - Storm Names 2024/25 News
Updated on Mon 9 Dec 2024
The 2024/2025 storm season runs from Sunday 1 September 2024 to Sunday 31 August 2025 (inclusive). The table below provides provisional observed extremes during each named storm from the main (synoptic) stations. A storm statement will be produced for many of the named storms, once quality controlled observations have been collected. You can request a storm statement for a named storm by contacting enquiries@met.ie.
| Storm Name (Named by) Peak Impact Date |
Highest sustained wind speed (km/h) | Highest gust wind speed (km/h) | Highest daily rainfall total (mm) | Daily air temperatures (°C) | Lowest mean sea level pressure (hPa) | Highest individual wave (m) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ashley (Met Éireann) Sun 20 Oct 2024 |
Storm Force 100 km/h (54 knots | 62 mph) Mace Head (coastal), Co Galway and Belmullet (coastal), Co Mayo around 1 pm |
137 km/h (74 knots | 85 mph) Mace Head (coastal), Co Galway at 1:10 pm | 17.2 mmAthenry, Co Galway | 3.1°C at Markree Castle, Co Sligo to 16.1°C Phoenix Park, Co Dublin | 974.4 hPa Belmullet (coastal), Co Mayo around 1 pm |
19.7 m Buoy M5 (off the south Wexford coast) at 19 UTC |
Bert (Met Éireann) Sat 23 Nov 2024 |
Storm Force 89 km/h (48 knots | 55 mph) Malin Head (coastal), Co Donegal around 6 am |
115 km/h (62 knots | 71 mph) Malin Head (coastal), Co Donegal at 6:19 am |
57.4 mmKnock Airport, Co Mayo | -2.7°C at Moore Park, Co Cork to 15.8°C at Phoenix Park, Co Dublin | 969.6 hPa Malin Head (coastal), Co Donegal around 4 pm Sun |
14.8 m Buoy M6 (in the deep Atlantic) around 20 UTC on Sun 24th |
Conall (KNMI) Wed 27 Nov 2024 |
Fresh Breeze 33 km/h (18 knots | 21 mph) Sherkin Island (coastal), Co Cork around 11 pm |
46 km/h (25 knots | 29 mph) Sherkin Island (coastal), Co Cork and Knock Airport, Co Mayo at 11:53 pm and 2:52 pm |
1.3 mmJohnstown Castle (coastal), Co Wexford | -4.8°C at Markree Castle, Co Sligo to 10.7°C at Sherkin Island (coastal), Co Cork | 1011.6 hPa Sherkin Island (coastal), Co Cork and Roches Point (coastal), Co Cork around 1 am |
9.7 m Buoy M5 (off south Wexford coast) around 6 UTC |
Darragh (Met Office) Winds peaked: Fri 6 Dec 2024 |
Violent Storm 111 km/h (60 knots | 69 mph) Mace Head (coastal), Co Galway around 9 pm Fri |
141 km/h (76 knots | 87 mph) Mace Head (coastal), Co Galway at 9:23 pm Fri |
32.6 mmBelmullet (coastal), Co Mayo Fri | 1.6°C at Mount Dillon, Co Roscommon to 14.1°C at Valentia Observatory (coastal), Co Kerry | 979.9 hPa Ballyhaise, Co Cavan around 0 am Sat |
TBC |
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| Wren |
The Name Our Storm campaign was first introduced by Met Éireann and the Met Office (UK) in 2015. Met Éireann and the Met Office were joined by the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) in its fifth storm season 2019/20.
Fig 1 - Storm Names 2024/25 News
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