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Updated on Wednesday 20 March 2024

The Name Our Storm campaign was first introduced by Met Éireann and the Met Office (UK) in 2015 and were joined by the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) in its fifth storm season 2019/20. There were nine named storms during the 2019/20 storm season, which ran from Sunday 1 September 2019 to Monday 31 August 2020 (inclusive). The named storms were Lorenzo (named by the National Hurricane Centre), Atiyah, Elsa, Brendan, Ciara, Dennis, Jorge (named by AEMet, the Spanish Meteorological Service), Ellen and Francis.

Sustained wind speeds are shaded according to the Beaufort land-wind scale as follows:
Near Gale Gale Stong Gale Storm Violent Storm Hurricane

Storm Name
Peak Impact Date
Named By		 Highest sustained / mean wind speed Highest gust wind speed Highest 24-hr total rainfall Air temps range Lowest MSLP Highest individual wave
LORENZO
Fri 4 Oct 2019
NOAA		 Storm Force
89 km/h
(48 knots | 55 mph)
Mace Head (coastal), Co Galway
around 6am		 107 km/h
(58 knots | 67 mph)
Mace Head (coastal), Co Galway
at 5:44am		 46.3 mm
Glengarriff (Ilnacullin), Co Cork
on Sun 6th		 5.6°C at Moore Park, Co Cork to 19.7°C at Glengarriff (Ilnacullin), Co Cork 985.8 hPa
Finner, Co Donegal
around 7am		 14.2 m
Buoy M4 (off Donegal coast)
around 3am
ATIYAH
Sun 8 Dec 2019
Met Éireann		 Storm Force
91 km/h
(49 knots | 56 mph)
Sherkin Island (coastal), Co Cork
around 5pm		 128 km/h
(69 knots | 79 mph)
Roches Point (coastal), Co Cork and Newport, Co Mayo
around 7pm and 9pm		 59.2 mm
Leenane, Co Galway
on Mon 9th		 0.5°C at Clonroche, Co Wexford to 14.9°C at Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin 977.2 hPa
Malin Head (coastal), Co Donegal
around 9pm		 19.5 m
Buoy M6 (in the deep Atlantic)
around 4pm
ELSA
Wed 18 Dec 2019
IPMA		 Storm Force
98 km/h
(53 knots | 61 mph)
Mace Head (coastal), Co Galway
around 9pm		 126 km/h
(68 knots | 78 mph)
Mace Head (coastal), Co Galway
at 9:13pm		 73.2 mm
Kilsheelan, Co Tipperary		 -3.8°C at Moore Park, Co Cork to 13.1°C at Dooks, Co Kerry 967.4 hPa
Mace Head (coastal), Co Galway
around 9pm		 10.1 m
Buoy M5 (off south Wexford coast)
around 1am Thu 19th
BRENDAN
Mon 13 Jan 2020
Met Éireann		 Storm Force
96 km/h
(52 knots | 60 mph)
Roches Point (coastal), Co Cork
around 11am		 135 km/h
(73 knots | 84 mph)
Roches Point (coastal), Co Cork
at 10:55am		 34.0 mm
Ballingeary (Voc.sch.), Co Cork		 -0.5°C at Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan to 11.0°C at Mullagh, Co Clare 966.2 hPa
Belmullet, Co Mayo
around 3pm		 20.0 m
Buoy M6 (in the deep Atlantic)
around 5pm
CIARA
Sun 9 & Mon 10 Feb 2020
Met Office		 Storm Force
91 km/h
(49 knots | 56 mph)
Mace Head (coastal), Co Galway
around 5pm
on Mon 10th		 126 km/h
(68 knots | 78 mph)
Mace Head (coastal), Co Galway
at 6:28am		 31.2 mm
Clonoulty Clogher, Co Tipperary		 -0.3°C at Ardee, Co Louth to 13.6°C at Moore Park, Co Cork 962.1 hPa
Malin Head (coastal), Co Donegal
around 10am		 17.1 m
Buoy M4 (off Donegal coast)
around 9pm Mon 10th
DENNIS
Sun 16 Feb 2020
Met Office		 Storm Force
93 km/h
(50 knots | 58 mph)
Mace Head (coastal), Co Galway
around 7am		 122 km/h
(66 knots | 76 mph)
Mace Head (coastal), Co Galway and Malin Head (coastal), Co Donegal
at 0:28am and 7:19am		 50.8 mm
Cloone Lake (Caragh River Area), Co Kerry
on Sat 15th		 1.2°C at Ballinamore, Co Leitrim to 13.9°C at Fethard, Co Tipperary 968.0 hPa
Malin Head, Co Donegal
around 0am		 21.3 m
Buoy M4 (off Donegal coast)
around 9pm
JORGE
Sat 29 Feb 2020
AEMet		 Storm Force
100 km/h
(54 knots | 62 mph)
Mace Head (coastal), Co Galway
around noon		 133 km/h
(72 knots | 83 mph)
Mace Head (coastal), Co Galway
at 11:37am		 31.7 mm
Gernapeka, Co Cork
on Fri 28th		 -1.7°C at Ardee, Co Louth to 14.8°C at Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin 956.6 hPa
Malin Head (coastal), Co Donegal
around 4pm		 14.5 m
Buoy M4 (off Donegal coast)
around midnight Sat
ELLEN
Wed 19 Aug 2020
Met Éireann		 Violent Storm
111 km/h
(60 knots | 69 mph)
Roches Point (coastal), Co Cork
around 10pm		 143 km/h
(77 knots | 89 mph)
Roches Point (coastal), Co Cork
at 10:25pm		 60.2 mm
Bantry (Maulikeeve), Co Cork		 9.4°C at Cloyne (Lisanley), Co Cork to 22.1°C at Glasnevin, Co Dublin 966.4 hPa
Athenry, Co Galway
around 1am
on Thu 20th		 9.5 m
Buoy M5 (off south Wexford coast)
around 1am Thu
FRANCIS
Tue 25 Aug 2020
Met Office		 Gale Force
80 km/h
(43 knots | 49 mph)
Malin Head (coastal), Co Donegal
around 11am		 96 km/h
(52 knots | 60 mph)
Malin Head (coastal), Co Donegal and Johnstown Castle, Co Wexford
at 11:30am and 2:31pm		 95.2 mm
Cummeragh Mountains (no.3), Co Kerry
on Mon 24th		 5.2°C at Glenties Hatchery, Co Donegal to 21.2°C at Cloyne (Lisanley), Co Cork 978.8 hPa
Mace Head (coastal), Co Galway
around 7am		 12.4 m
Buoy M5 (off south Wexford coast)
around 2pm

Definitions

  • Peak impact date was based upon the date of highest gust observed during the event.
  • Sustained refers to average (10-minute mean) land-wind speeds, stored in database as knots.
  • Gust refers to average (3-second mean) land-wind speeds, stored in database as knots.
  • Rainfall refers to rainfall total measured over 24 hours (mm).
  • MSLP refers to hourly mean sea level pressure (hPa).
  • Highest Individual Wave (m) was the height from trough to crest.

    • For buoy location information, see www.met.ie/forecasts/marine-inland-lakes/buoys/buoy-locations.